Example sentences of "[adv] that i would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've gone to see my favourite players play — I 'd see them one night and they 'd be phenomenal and I 'd like the show so much that I would go the next night , drive two hours to see it and it would suuuuck ! and that 's just the way it is . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I still rate the Alembics , though , and below that I would say carbon graphite models , in terms of longevity and playing consistency . |
| 3 | Well maybe it 's not really right , but , but perhaps that I 'd have thought it would be alright . |
| 4 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 5 | ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths . |
| 6 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 7 | I expected you to come after me , I prayed you would so that I would know for sure that you really wanted me , but you did n't . |
| 8 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 9 | I even hoped that damned cat would find his way back so that I 'd have an excuse to ring you . " |
| 10 | This does not mean that I like to be led by the nose , but only that I would appreciate a little extra guidance ’ . |
| 11 | Then again if you 're I think the only thing on that I would say is that , creativity in as a positive , erm , that that your there are loads of possibilities about how you could actually try and create situations , which would actually break down barrier , one of the barriers you had was , I 'll give you one if you give me one . |
| 12 | I was n't saying Kerslake was crap , just that I would swap him for Dixon , Parker , Nilsson or Rob Jones . |
| 13 | Not because I have n't had a good run , just that I 'd like the run to continue . |
| 14 | It 's just that I 'd like to be doing more outside work . |
| 15 | Not that I would prevent you from confessing , ’ she added hastily . |
| 16 | Not that I would have attempted to scale the academic heights of an Oxford or a Cambridge , of course , but they do do some very stimulating courses at the Birmingham Polytechnic . |
| 17 | In another tone , she said , ‘ Not that I would have let her . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Not that I would have been able to do much anyway , that thing 's a death trap ! |
| 19 | Not that I 'd want to , but I ca n't . ’ |
| 20 | Not that I 'd expect it . ’ |
| 21 | Not that I 'd blame anyone for that . |
| 22 | Not that I 'd blame you , not that I 'd blame you . |
| 23 | Not that I 'd blame you , not that I 'd blame you . |
| 24 | Being a parent ai n't easy ( not that I 'd know from experience ) , and baby-sitting for other people is even worse ( I know that from experience ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Looks champion to me , not that I 'd know , ’ said Bill . |
| 26 | Not that I 'd wish him ill , I mean |
| 27 | Not that I 'd wish to encourage you , but if she had children she would n't be so generous to you . |
| 28 | He is going bald and he has a nose like a Jew 's , though he is n't ( not that I 'd mind if he was ) . |
| 29 | Not that I 'd have cared if it had gone up . |
| 30 | Not that I 'd like to sleep in a box , mind you , not without any air — you 'd wake up dead , for a start and then where would you be ? |