Example sentences of "i would not [vb infin] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not mind being trained , and I am not afraid of hard work . ’ |
| 2 | Without the help of ACET and other direct service organisations and charities , I would not have been able to continue and maintain my independence . |
| 3 | Without the help of ACET and other similar organisations I would not have been able to continue and maintain my independence . |
| 4 | But without the help of ACET and other voluntary organisations I would not have been able to maintain my independence . ’ |
| 5 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 6 | Fortunately the incident took place during the school holidays , otherwise I would not have been in the garden later in the morning , when a cock started crowing . |
| 7 | ‘ We are both aware , I dare say , that were my royal lord with me now , I would not have been brought to such a pass . |
| 8 | Jim said : ‘ In the end I had to accept his £4,500 offer and write the rest off — otherwise I would not have been able to pay my men 's wages that week . |
| 9 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
| 10 | For my part I would not have been prepared to make an order in the terms proposed unless I knew that the letter was written by or with the direct authority of either the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of the Serious Fraud Office . |
| 11 | Before Ma left me to collect my new sister from Maternity I would not have been able to execute this upward stretch unaided , now I hold the pose perfectly , without touching the chair back . |
| 12 | ‘ But I would not have been able to concentrate properly on my own game . |
| 13 | ‘ And in Jamaica I would not have been able to do it . |
| 14 | She wrote that without the challenge of some who were Christians of a particular persuasion , " I would not have been aware of how deeply my own assumptions had constructed the fantasy that I had desired " ( Kathy Raban in Hammond et al. |
| 15 | ‘ Not only would she have put your sister to some considerable nuisance , for I would not have been able to see her had things gone according to schedule … ’ |
| 16 | White added : ‘ It 's great to get my game back , but I would not have been disappointed if Alan had won . ’ |
| 17 | If I had continued full-time at the University , I would not have been able to develop all these research interests . |