Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so I just hope , it 's so annoying though , you 'd just give him a cuddle , lay him down and that was it , that was all |
| 2 | He 'd just give me a look , the way the French do and eventually when I was thoroughly humiliated , he would repeat it properly . |
| 3 | So when I used to drop the old ladies off , I 'd always give them a kiss goodbye — then the other drivers would think they were my granny ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd wait by the commentary-box and he 'd always offer me a glass of wine , though I hardly ever touched the stuff . |
| 5 | Erm I 'd probably give it a go on freezing first , the only thing about the freezing is sometimes it does n't work first time . |
| 6 | Where as at the Stow the machine only costs five pounds and you do it , you just wait for it and so we 'd get these in two or three , but he 'd probably charge us a lot more along there , unless someone likes to enquire what he charges ? |
| 7 | Of course you really should n't use such a dangerous structure , and if Ted Piggott spotted you at it he 'd doubtless give you a row . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd never know what a relief it was to stop being good . ’ |
| 9 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 10 | Some people love the atmosphere of refuges ; others , myself included , would rather give them a miss . |
| 11 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 12 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 13 | That way there would be plenty of decent players for each team and it would only take me a couple of hours per week to sort out . |
| 14 | He 'd show her , and even if she did n't appreciate the work it would perhaps give him a moment to think , to recover his poise . |
| 15 | None of them would necessarily call himself a Daleyite , and Mr Daley would deny that he was creating a Democratic machine anything like the one that his father ran with such effect . |
| 16 | Perhaps he would just hand her a sleeping-bag and offer her the tent … |
| 17 | Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ . |
| 18 | I was hoping he would not offer us a glass of his very potent drink that I now know as Calvados . |
| 19 | Frankenstein would not give me a wife , but he hoped to find happiness with a wife of his own . |
| 20 | The navy says an accident would not give anybody a dose higher than the four millirems per year limit set for drinking water in the US . |
| 21 | Whilst the examples used come from civil law , we can see that the ideological grasp of those subject to criminal law is removed totally , because ‘ common sense ’ would not allow it a voice . |
| 22 | On another occasion an out-of-work blacksmith came and said that " if the parish would not find him a shop to work in , he would make his complaint to a justice " . |
| 23 | Michael Holly , now on his knees on a Stolypin carriage floor , and unshaven because they would not permit him a razor , and with the hunger lapping at his belly , had been a model prisoner in the Vladimir gaol 200 kilometres east of the capital . |
| 24 | He followed her up to the bar and she heard him noisily latching on to Riley who , she was positive , would not buy him a drink . |
| 25 | These eagles would not know what a zoo was , or believe that he had escaped from one in a place where no eagles lived naturally . |
| 26 | and let's hope they 're all looking on the bright side of life for this week 's coca cola cup games … now there was a time when Gloucester rugby would always give us a cheer … but they 're down in the dumps too … |
| 27 | Dame Edna would probably think it a caring , sharing sort of suit , and would doubtless lob a backhanded compliment Sally 's way , possums . |
| 28 | Had Canada won against the Swedes , Australia would then have had a home tie against them with the chance to recoup some of their financial losses in Cyprus , coupled with the incentive of knowing that further success would probably earn them a home match with the United States in the semi-finals . |
| 29 | ‘ Four wins from nine games would probably earn us a play-off place but I want to go for the No.2 spot . |
| 30 | Carrying a full size electrocardiogram ( ECG ) machine around with you would certainly push your heart rate up , but would probably give you a hernia at the same time . |