Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rather like something to read . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd rather like me to marry Lewis , do n't you ? ’ , |
| 3 | I 'd rather see what makes me different as something almost congenital . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd rather see you like that than making my bed for me , ’ said John . |
| 5 | Personally , from the point of view of nature conservancy , I 'd rather see it left unspoiled . ’ |
| 6 | but it 's I 'd rather see it bodged and some credibility left with district and city councils than er a hole that |
| 7 | I 'd rather have it doing that than lifting the front and shaking its head . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Richard has n't been well , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd rather let him sleep . |
| 9 | In a way though , perverse though it sounds , I 'd rather let it get fairly bad and take him back |
| 10 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 11 | we 'd rather get it done properly , erm , but erm , this that came yesterday morning , he reckons it , that he can do the whole of the bedroom , look there 's been an accident , I 've got to tell you |
| 12 | and if lots of people wanted to study law , they 'd all bring them to like a lawyer , say |
| 13 | There may be something out there that will do the job ( I 'd personally recommend you try the Sans-Amp , though it is quite expensive , or the Hollis GX-7 , which is not dissimilar but costs much less ) . |
| 14 | We used to watch the game together and I 'd suddenly see him wince in pain . |
| 15 | It would be worth it , if it put an end to such irritations as the inconvenient way I 'd suddenly find myself visualising you when I was with other women … |
| 16 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 17 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 18 | Well , if you 'd only let us know we 'd of |
| 19 | ‘ She 'd only have herself to thank , ’ said Rose waspishly , then added , with a smile suggestive of a cat with newly sharpened claws , ‘ anyway , I doubt if she 'd know who it was with her reading glasses on . ’ |
| 20 | I think I 'd sooner face whoever sent that poison pen letter ! ’ |
| 21 | I 'd sooner see it listed for myself . |
| 22 | any way I 'd sooner see it wants to get |
| 23 | ‘ Then you 'd sooner let her have an illegitimate child ? |
| 24 | She had a severe struggle with herself , but decided that if she made a fuss she 'd just make him laugh even more at her . |
| 25 | We 'd just set it going and just |
| 26 | If she did n't like it she 'd just tell me to say to him , ‘ I did n't have time . ’ |
| 27 | But I 'd just like everyone to know for Daddy 's sake that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 28 | Er I 'd just like one to call up and tell me about their pay . |
| 29 | ‘ But we 'd just like them to know we are as terribly unhappy as they are . ’ |
| 30 | I 've just seen your pic in the Standard ’ , she proclaimed excitedly , ‘ I 'd just like you to come on LBC radio tomorrow . |