Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] would [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , — The new Mayor of Woodbridge , Mr Tony Hubbard , is encouraging local residents to promote Woodbridge as a commercial and retail centre in the face of the threat posed by new superstores and I would like to give him my support . |
| 2 | I propose that honourable members of this council er would not wish to be associated with such a disgraceful campaign to oust councillor , even if he does have strongly held views and I would like to give councillor as chairman of the environment committee , this opportunity to set the record straight on that point . |
| 3 | But he must have been thinking something and I would have given anything to know what it was . |
| 4 | You know I erm Hugh was talking about erm somebody being thrown out of hospital after gall bladder operation after only two days well fortunately these days there are one or two strives in er in in health care erm to erm which is very much easier to er , operate on people if you 're if you if you 're going to put them out cos the operation 's more er simpler it 's far less stress on patients and and , and they they 're becoming a lot quicker er , clearly if faded out er , the way is completed then er obviously things are serrated with with the chief executive of the health authority and I 'd like to give you this October when when the Chief Executive was . |
| 5 | And I 'd like to give a challenge to either er Michael Allison or any of the other MPs to come and live in my little bungalow for And exist on that rate for a week . |
| 6 | Vecchi was certainly the key to this whole set-up , and I 'd have given plenty for half-an-hour 's peaceful talk with him . |
| 7 | If you know a little about cancer , feel you could cope with all the emotions involved , and you 'd like to give them a hand , then Carol would love to hear from you . |
| 8 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 9 | A friend and I have come across your brochure and we 'd like to give your course a try . |
| 10 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 11 | Nigel Mansell says that things are changing and he 's better than ever and he would like to give it another shot … |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't hit the wickets for a while and I was n't going to throw it because it was a rather tense moment and it would have given away at least one run if I had missed ’ Rhodes recalled . |
| 13 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
| 14 | But I would have to give the money to him , mind . ’ |
| 15 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 16 | But who would want to give up their son ? ’ she said . |