Example sentences of "she would [vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She constantly felt the need to get out of the house and go somewhere , anywhere … but always she would return to be punished , because there was nowhere . |
| 2 | She would pretend to be busy whenever she heard Moran come . |
| 3 | She would pretend to be frightened when he jumped out , would call out to him to be careful when he crept along an overhanging branch and hung , skimming the water . |
| 4 | If she was on a plane with the engines on fire she would want to be with someone like Matthew Blake . |
| 5 | She would prefer to be spending her time on planning for a teacher-led lesson , rather than on organising equipment and administering a scheme : |
| 6 | Although Bernice could understand her wish for peace and quiet , Ell must be joking saying that she would prefer to be back home . |
| 7 | Luna , known as Loony , is not quite the chic , sophisticated person she would love to be . |
| 8 | More than anything she would love to be Kirsty 's guardian and , in spite of the harsh things Jake had said to her , she knew , if that happened , she would do a good job . |
| 9 | It was the nearest she would get to being a pearl . |
| 10 | She would have to be very selective , of course , and just do the odd , fully clothed , tasteful commercial for perfume or something . |
| 11 | If they were all to get on as a family , she would have to be careful about introducing Richard to the children . |
| 12 | Walking up the path to the front door on legs that felt slightly wobbly Sally realised she would have to be satisfied with that . |
| 13 | She was a woman in need of a child to love , and having none of her own she was lavishing it all on Corrie Palmer , which was sad because in another year she would have to be returned to the hospital . |
| 14 | Sadly , she would have to be very discerning . |
| 15 | She would have to be re-instated , and her suspension rescinded . |
| 16 | She would have to be with this boy . |
| 17 | But she knew she would have to be a great deal more in need of male company to tolerate anyone like Corporal Billings . |
| 18 | He had told her she would have to be an outlaw because of her heritage . |
| 19 | But there was nothing for it , she would have to be killed . |
| 20 | She would have to be an H-M exec to get through the DeLorean 's brain , and unseal the system . |
| 21 | He was a man capable of great charm , but she would have to be careful that she did n't get taken in by it , Hari told herself sternly . |
| 22 | Cordelia , like Coriolanus , is being forced into a ceremony in which she would have to be false to her own nature . |
| 23 | If the maid had arrived and was waiting for them she would have to be driven back to Mondano . |
| 24 | Thinking about the bars and wire mesh of her cage , and of how long she would have to be there , he nearly gave up the job there and then . |
| 25 | But she would have to be moved soon . |
| 26 | She would have to be different . |
| 27 | She would have to be careful about her overconfidence binges . |
| 28 | She did not actually say , ‘ she would have to be different ’ , but the implication was unmistakable . |
| 29 | If Luke would n't or could n't walk away , she would have to be the one . |
| 30 | She would have to be more careful , keep a better hold on her tongue . |