Example sentences of "[vb infin] i would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am really glad of it ; I do n't think I would want them to be there , just in case I lost . |
| 2 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think I would hurt you , my lovely girl ? |
| 5 | ‘ Did you really think I would leave you to face her alone ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you think I would use you like any common slut ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not my game and I do n't think I would like it much . |
| 8 | I do n't think I would have it in me to start again with another group . |
| 9 | Like now , I do n't think I would order it again . |
| 10 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 11 | I would do I would put it up there . |
| 12 | ‘ Dearest ghost , did you imagine I would let it go to that hag of a cousin of mine ? |