Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But nevertheless , having said those , I would clearly emphasise the importance of those two elements of the criteria .
2 ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’
3 I , I 've got my views , I 'm sure you 've got yours , and I shall listen later in the morning to the debate , but I would finally say delegates , that I hope you enjoy your stay in Portsmouth , in particular Southsea where most of you are staying if you have a chance go to the rose gardens , have a walk along the sea front there , there it 's magnificent this time of year and a tribute to our staff in our direct works organization for their hard work .
4 And we believe we already offer that , I think the figures indicate that and therefore in the medium and the longer term I believe that our attractions will undoubtedly benefit and I would finally say that if you er , go back and look at the history of Disney in America , after the establishment of Disney Parks in America there was a big improvement in extension of the amusement parks in the rest of America which er , the traditional theme parks , so called , in America grew in the period after the establishment of Disney Land in California and I think a similar sort of thing is going to happen , not perhaps just in this country er , but also in Europe generally .
5 And I would willingly get down and help you , but Mrs Carson is waiting for me . ’
6 And , at that time I realized what my friend had gone through , and I knew what I had gone through , and I would willingly have gone on having babies for erm out of compassion for people who could n't have children and I would have done it much more naturally !
7 And I would willingly put it on another account , that the dumping of so much steel in the bowels of men , during our Civil Wars , hath hindered their digging of copper out of the entrails of the earth ; looping these peaceable times will encourage to the resuming thereof "
8 I would willingly have sponsored a Corpus Christi Mystery , being so close to the Feast-day . ’
9 If I had to select just two personal highlights from the many interesting presentations that were on offer , then I would firstly mention learning about the ideas and development of the inspirational Foxfire Teacher Network operating in a number of USA schools .
10 I would sooner lose the use of both legs than read it .
11 When the idea was broached I had told Ira Dilworth that I would sooner resign than transfer to Toronto and he agreed entirely .
12 I am very fond of my ex-editor , but on the whole I would sooner Bill got his pleasure from watching Fred Couples play golf than from reading open-razor letters to the Guardian .
13 I can not think of any United States naval officer whom I would sooner have in his place in those near-impossible circumstances .
14 I would sooner swim in the pool with the crocodiles than marry you , ’ I had said .
15 I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl .
16 But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life .
17 That is the objection er the whole fundamental objection to what is proposed in the Bill as it is a centralising measure was shown quite clearly er er a a by the desire of the Home Secretary to increase his own power as when he intended to appoint the Chairman absolute impudence in my view er to suggest tha that he he should have had the power to appoint a chairman and although congratulations have now been er er poured upon him for withdrawing to wh what 's a position , I would sooner congratulate your er Your Lordships , er all of whom spoke in such a manner that it would have been impossible for the Home Secretary to have carried the measure through .
18 Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’
19 I would sooner die !
20 This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow .
21 I would simply have to twist my head during copulation to see what it looked like .
22 In the first place , I always threatened the orchestra that if they played too loudly I would simply lower them by ten centimetres ; and if they continued , then by the end of the first act they would be in the dungeon .
23 I would simply place a card with the initials and dates 1921–1939 alongside the material — as I 've done with the other exhibits And I 'd like to place it all between the Danziger and Eberhardt donations . ’
24 I would simply suggest that we should not allow either sentimentality or a genuine concern for retaining decentralized powers in general to distract us from the major , and separate , task of attempting to determine a common policy for all education at all stages in the future .
25 I would simply get out more often and walk faster and for longer .
26 I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs !
27 Or perhaps I would simply be unable to communicate with people who saw the world in the ‘ old ’ way .
28 I would simply say that if you want to know what happened in America after Pop and Minimalism , you have to concentrate on art made in unconventional places and with unconventional materials : out of the studio art , land-art , body-art and video .
29 I would simply add that such analysis remains partial if it excludes , as his does by definition , paralinguistic features of communication .
30 If it had n't worked out , I would simply have carried on road riding . ’
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