Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather have him like this . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd rather have it like that . |
| 3 | And instead of having a few puffs and , and saving and throwing two dog ends away you did n't see that , they 'd just break it in half and have half each . |
| 4 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
| 5 | and you 'd just hit it like that and as you hit , you 'd got to run and come back again , before she got the ball to t er tap you on er you know , with the ball . |
| 6 | , right , I 've got to see him , that 's right , right , that 's right , and yet you see , if this guy desperately needs to see you and you say , I ca n't be there until five o'clock , he 'd still see you at five o'clock . |
| 7 | In Mr 's case , I 'd probably write it for longer than five years , probably do a ten year one . |
| 8 | How could he possibly think such a thing about her — that she would not only take drugs herself , but that she 'd willingly put him in horrific danger by acting as a kind of double agent ? |
| 9 | I mean if he was going to attack me , he 'd surely do it at some time when he had a reason to be angry . |
| 10 | they 'd never let you into that . |
| 11 | And the last words you 'd hear would be : You 'd never get me in one of those things . |
| 12 | I saw the candle-lit flash of the little star at her throat ; saw too that to contrive a longer stay would only put her under further pressure . |
| 13 | Fresh legislation would only drive it into some more objectionable form . |
| 14 | But as I tried to follow his instructions , keeping my fists up and my chin tucked in and learning a new kind of dance on the balls of my feet , the sight of his bare , hairless chest , so brown and muscular , would suddenly fill me with more than muscular weakness , and I felt I would collapse , not under the playful blows he landed on my discombobulated body , but under the sheer spell of his magnificence . |
| 15 | which you said it has , er you would perhaps recommend me to some people you know erm like the partner in your er your work or the members of your squash club . |
| 16 | President , Congress , Conference I know we will all welcome all the pressure that we can be brought to this government and its pursuit of policies if that 's the right world , policies that do n't have a direction would just have them from one crisis to another . |
| 17 | She would not do it at all . |
| 18 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 19 | But Kit Everard would not exchange him against either of the women , and indeed , showed little interest in recovering him . |
| 20 | She had aged in four years , lost whatever attraction she had ever had , and it made her miserable to realise this son would not remember her without grey hair . |
| 21 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 22 | John Coffin , she felt sure , would not ; he might think the same things , but would not say them in that way . |
| 23 | Imogen refused to go with him and would not allow you to either . ’ |
| 24 | Gravity is the weakest of the four forces by a long way ; it is so weak that we would not notice it at all were it not for two special properties that it has : it can act over large distances , and it is always attractive . |
| 25 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 26 | In the wartime agreement on pooling brains and resources for the original work on the atomic bomb , which was signed at Quebec in 1943 between the United States and Britain in association with Canada , there were five clauses : the signatories would not use atomic weapons against each other ; they would not use them against third parties without the others ' consent ; no information would be given to third parties without mutual consent ; Britain disclaimed any interest in commercial and industrial exploitation , because the heavy burden of production would fall on the United States ; and a Combined Policy Committee would be set up to ensure full and effective collaboration . |
| 27 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 28 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 29 | But his wisdom would not help him in this instance . |
| 30 | He could not believe what he was hearing , but he knew that the General would not deceive him in these , or any other , circumstances . |