Example sentences of "would [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 2 | " In the circumstances I felt that you would prefer me to make some money . " |
| 3 | I knew that was what you would want me to do , sir . |
| 4 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 5 | It had n't sunk in that you would want me to go with you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I tend to keep quiet about it — otherwise most of the women I know would want me to draw up their horoscope ! |
| 7 | ‘ Do you think Tess would want me to try and find her ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not sure Dr Kingdom would want me to discuss his work with you . |
| 9 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 10 | I had the feeling that this was the kind of place no one would want me going to , although it was a perfectly innocent visit of curiosity . |
| 11 | I knew my mother would want me to stay and I put it off for months . |
| 12 | Not that she would want me to keep it now it 's gone this far . |
| 13 | And if you 're setting up your own firm , I 'm sure your dear father would want me to help you start . |
| 14 | It 's a great tribute to the that they have managed triumph over adversity and achieved such tremendous results this season and I am sure that members would want me to place on record the Council 's congratulations on their performance . |
| 15 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 16 | Even that would make me burst into tears , because all the simple things in life had become a problem for me . " |
| 17 | I think about buying some fags but the headache 's still there behind my eyes and I have the feeling smoking a cigarette would make me want to throw up . |
| 18 | I would n't go in without any make-up , even a bit of mascara and powder for my blotchy face would make me feel better . |
| 19 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 20 | ‘ My father would make me stand up straight and sing the national anthem four times . |
| 21 | ‘ Nothing would make me go in there , ’ she said , scrambling down the steps . |
| 22 | for its smell , would make me remember , something possible |
| 23 | He would make me look at pictures and then reproduce them with coloured pencils , or else ask me to rotate a figure mentally a certain number of degrees around a given perpendicular before attempting to redraw it . |
| 24 | Anyway , I was sure my husband would forbid me to use the pill , so I thought it was better to use condoms . |
| 25 | And then he pointed out that he would need me to translate for him with students and the authorities . |
| 26 | ‘ It would delight me to know exactly that , ’ he aimed back at her pointedly . |
| 27 | It would tempt me to interfere . |
| 28 | I got really fed up hearing it and thought that one more repetition would send me screaming down the street ! |
| 29 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 30 | Silas 's face and voice were expressionless as he said , ‘ It 's what my father would expect me to do . ’ |