Example sentences of "[pron] would [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I would back myself to score 20 goals this season if I were to have three chances in every game , but those opportunities do not come so easy for me in Italy . |
2 | After struggling through umpteen games of blackjack , I would taxi home and sleep till 8 a.m. when the boys awoke . |
3 | I would lull myself to forgetfulness |
4 | I would second that yes . |
5 | I would bike to the tea shop in the High Street and see what blends they had . |
6 | I might think he 's a total shit , but I would never- ’ |
7 | I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’ |
8 | In fact , if I had the time and money I would pre-bait every morning and evening . |
9 | At the beginning of a roll , and I would almo |
10 | I , I hope I 've covered the ground that you were hoping I would Chairman . |
11 | I would spate not one more thought for their closed-world mystery , their mythical super-powers … all of it . |
12 | Gibson added : ‘ I would value Dalton at £400,000 . |
13 | Yeah I would class myself as a recovered anorexic , but as recovered as I 'll ever be ! |
14 | This is not to say that the ‘ generalists ’ ( with whom I would number myself ) are sceptical of scholarly writing and research . |
15 | As for those defeats at the hands of Botham and Sidcombe I would rate both , in footballing terms , as nightmares . |
16 | ‘ I would mine uncle would let me have my life , though he takes my crown , ’ he had been heard to say on one occasion . |
17 | ‘ I thought we really would make a new start , that I would sort of … make him blossom . ’ |
18 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
19 | and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again . |
20 | and I would sort of put that in there . |
21 | I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her |
22 | Yeah , the got to actually change the starter motor erm I mean on the A D fifties and the two litre they I would sort of , its only a hundred and fifty cc , but the next biggest thing they did was stopping er , a sixteen hundred so quite a lot of those , but nine times out of ten all they did was another part , so |
23 | Gradually , over the years , I would piece together another family history ; of those who had come to Scotland in the terrible years of the 1840s , some of whom , indeed , had even been Irish Catholics . |
24 | Quite impossible , but for a representative cross-sectioned depending on your priorities , I would shortlist Ashkenazy , Wild , Arrau , and Rubinstein at present . |
25 | On Saturday afternoons and Sundays I would cycle into the countryside with bait , rod and tackle to explore some new stretch of water , looking for fish . |
26 | On weekdays I would cycle by his home |
27 | ‘ I would jus , love to own a hotel in the Caribbean . |
28 | After my own experiences I wo I would n't advice someone not to go to their G P , but firstly , I would advice them to contact the Eating Disorders Association er , because they are very helpful and they 're more supportive than any G P I 've ever come across . |
29 | Sally explains : ‘ I designed a cropped pin-stripe jacket which I thought I would sequin but it was too heavy , so I have put bright , luminous shiny pink and purple braiding on to a man 's pin-stripe suit material . |
30 | Restless that I am , I often pray that someone would cage and rule me entirely . |