Example sentences of "he would [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each man will decide for himself how many arms and legs he wants , and whether he wants white skin or black skin , or whether he 'd prefer to be covered in furnishing fabric or mink . |
| 2 | Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , can I just give you er , Tony apologies , er , unfortunately he has to be in Paris today , I know he 'd prefer to be with you , but he has to be in Paris today , and since he 's good at delegation , he 's actually asked me to come along and and to talk to you . |
| 3 | He thought he 'd grow to be an old man . |
| 4 | Maybe he 'd want to be a physician like his father . |
| 5 | That he 'd offer to be her guide ? |
| 6 | He 'd have to be careful . |
| 7 | He 'd have to be someone in need of a lot of psychiatric help ! ’ |
| 8 | He 'd have to be a stranger . ’ |
| 9 | Charles stayed at the meeting long enough to hear when the rehearsal call was for the Monday ; if he accepted Paul 's offer of an understudy job , then he 'd have to be there . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'd have to be a merchant or a spy , ’ said Ymor . |
| 11 | Some time in the early hours of Saturday morning Archie staggered to his feet and said that he 'd have to be on his way . |
| 12 | I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean |
| 13 | There was something mysterious about him and she wanted to ask so many questions , but he had that locked-in look , so that even if she risked Salt 's caustic tongue and asked outright about how he 'd come to be a slave , what it was like in Jamaica , if Africa was full of cannibals and if he 'd eaten people , she 'd probably get no more than a few shrugs for answers . |
| 14 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd like to be interviewed about his life , and talk about the kind of funeral he wants to have . |
| 16 | ‘ HE 'D LIKE TO BE A DOCTOR ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I think he 'd like to be Pope , ’ she told them with a sort of weary insight . |
| 18 | ‘ He 'd need to be a fanatic , ’ Keith said grimly . |
| 19 | Yeah , he 'd need to be would n't he ? |
| 20 | Then she quashed the thought ; naturally he would pretend to be surprised , to have no idea of what she was getting at . |
| 21 | He would pretend to be asleep . |
| 22 | I promise him the same standard of service in my car as that which he would expect to be provided by a Conservative borough , or even a Conservative taxi service operated by myself . |
| 23 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 24 | Sam had a one-word vocabulary and yet he found no problem with making it perfectly clear whether he would prefer to be scratched under his chin , behind the ears , or on his tummy . |
| 25 | He would continue to be cared for by nurses . |
| 26 | The warmth that Alain had shown her from time to time had quite gone now and she knew he would continue to be an enemy . |
| 27 | Local Liberal Party records bear him out in his assertion of this fixity of purpose and he would appear to be correct in his estimation that : |
| 28 | He says that Wilko always talked in riddles with him , became jealous at his popularity and so sold him to the scum so he would appear to be a traitor . |
| 29 | The demanding business of running for the presidency had shown Carter to be an exceptionally energetic , ambitious and intelligent politician and it was to be expected that he would want to be an activist in the White House — a president who left his mark and fulfilled the commitments he had entered into during the campaign . |
| 30 | His inclination meant that he would aim to be a pilot . |