Example sentences of "would [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would rather a cat be out cos it wants to be out . |
| 2 | ‘ Yet I would rather a resolution less wasteful . |
| 3 | On 2 November 1836 , a year before the last part of Birds was published , Gould wrote to Jardine of his latest ambition : ‘ Would not a work on the Birds of Australia be interesting ? |
| 4 | Would not a policy of clobbering savers with an investment surcharge reduce savings and so reduce the pool of available investment capital for manufacturing industry ? |
| 5 | I was hoping there would and I will still hope because there 's not for the political reas , I would hope that that the minister would not a U-turn , the Chancellor would do a U-turn on this one . |
| 6 | Some hardware and software will transfer to Europe easily , whilst other products would n't a snowball 's chance etc , etc . |
| 7 | ‘ Would n't a corpse be rather embarrassing for you ? ’ |
| 8 | But would n't a man of any sensitivity have attempted to check with her , would n't he have assumed that , without needing to be told ? |
| 9 | Surely in 1992 , would n't a sampler be a wiser purchase ? |
| 10 | No , no , I mean I would n't a video to . |
| 11 | Apropos the previous item , would n't a book of Searle cartoons showing original as well as altered captions make a fascinating ( and amusing ) study of social change ? |
| 12 | DURING my time in Germany ( 1984-88 ) the British Ambassadors in Bonn and East Berlin would twice a year set off on an official tour , once in his territory and once in mine , to gather impressions about the relationship between the two parts of the divided German nation and how it might develop . |