Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would offer a contract that allowed him exclusivity if he gets a minimum of 100 candidates in November 1993 and 200 during 1993/94 . |
| 2 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 3 | He wondered whether I would give a dinner , which I said I would , at my home . |
| 4 | Yes , I think it 's totally clear that what we need is a short message , and it 's a white paper , and therefore it 's inviting a message , so what we really need is a short message to go with the A B C and the government act on the two S P's and I would give an undertaking at this point that it will go under the chief environmental health officers ' name . |
| 5 | I would write a story on my new Smith-Corona ; I would draw a host of painted women with my new ‘ complete ’ collection of Pentel pens . |
| 6 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 7 | then I would build a trap of poisoned |
| 8 | And I would build a package to suit their company . |
| 9 | Then I would build a stage . |
| 10 | I said I would fetch an answer and he smiled as though he knew my lord is not here , and replied that my lady would do as well , in fact better . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Then I would do a recitation , sometimes one of Granda 's favourites like ‘ The Arab 's Farewell to his Steed ’ . |
| 13 | I would do a house like this . |
| 14 | I was invited to give an entertainment at the Bristol Old Vic theatre , the wonderful old Theatre Royal , the oldest extant theatre still being used in the country and one of the oldest in the world , a very beautiful place erm and I was asked if I would do an entertainment that I have called Come for the Ride which I was persuaded to concoct by my home town of Birkenhead in the North West of England . |
| 15 | Masha and I would visit a friend of mine in Holborn who knew one or two influential people . |
| 16 | But I would crave a boon for myself and my successors . |
| 17 | ‘ My imagination is n't so impoverished that I would invent a name like Jones , ’ she came back . |
| 18 | It was to be filmed in a Spanish club off Oxford Street , and I promised my flamenco friend Nuria , who taught me all I knew for my part in the About Face playlet , Señor Duende , that I would don a leotard and flounce for her . |
| 19 | He then called a security guard ( who wore no uniform , and looked like the type of character I would want a security guard to protect me from ) . |
| 20 | If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests . |
| 21 | On Sunday morning Eric and I would make a trip into the pre-Alpine hills behind Verona and eat a delicious simple meal , which was all that was available at that time , in a trattoria . |
| 22 | Moderator four five nine Moderator I welcome the number two in the deliverance but I would make a plea to the er panel that this leaflet be a very simple leaflet and it not be brief , but in fact be quite lengthy . |
| 23 | If I gave a cup of wine to every vagabond who came whining to my door , how do you imagine I would make a living ? " exclaimed the eldest brother . |
| 24 | Of you I would make a fuss |
| 25 | I was approached in this room about erm , twelve months ago , by Francis and Tricia erm , to ask if I would make a programme out for their group . |
| 26 | After I woke , I would make a cup of tea and soon afterwards dash out with the toilet-roll . |
| 27 | Sometimes I would make a house out of the large old boxes stacked in the yard , and take in my dollies and set up home . |
| 28 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would welcome a pot of tea and a slice of your fruit loaf . ’ |
| 30 | I would welcome a debate , but in the next few weeks many issues have to be fitted into the timetable , not least progress on Government legislation . |