Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , because I am relatively young , I still have the option of aiming for line management , though I would have to decide whether I would rather stay in contact with the patients . ’ |
| 2 | But I would rather talk about Captain ( bridegroom 's name ) . ’ |
| 3 | I would rather die of pneumonia than cancer . ’ |
| 4 | As I said there are just three sizes but I 've got five five prices , I would just like to home in on those three . |
| 5 | I would just wait at home and hope for the best — you know , that a decent price would be bid . |
| 6 | I would gladly die in defence of that statement . ’ |
| 7 | After an argument about politics and poetics on the verandah of the Norfolk Hotel , I would often go with Jenni to the movies . |
| 8 | Indeed , I recall that shortly after Miss Kenton 's departure to Cornwall in 1936 , myself never having been to that part of the country , I would often glance through Volume III of Mrs Symons 's work , the volume which describes to readers the delights of Devon and Cornwall , complete with photographs and — to my mind even more evocative — a variety of artists ' sketches of that region . |
| 9 | Thank you for your attention I would now like to hand you back |
| 10 | I would then return to bed , setting the alarm for 7 a.m. for a repeat performance . |
| 11 | In addition , although the motor cortex is highly active , generating activity which would normally result in movement , these commands do not reach the muscles controlling the limbs , but are " switched off " at a relay station at the top of the spinal column , so that we are effectively paralysed during REM sleep . |
| 12 | On April 9 , 1991 , Michelin , the world 's largest tyre company , announced that it would be cutting its French workforce by 4,900 by the end of 1992 as part of a 15 per cent overall reduction in its 130,000-strong world-wide workforce , which would also result in job losses of 2,230 in the United States , 2,000 in Spain , and 800 in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | The finished one would act as a cupboard , full of clean dishes and utensils , which would also save on storage units . |
| 14 | Virchow himself , the founding father of the subject , at first regarded cancers as arising from formless material which would later develop into cancer cells . |
| 15 | The making of a supervision order automatically terminates any earlier care order or supervision order which would otherwise continue in force ( Sched 3 , para 10 ) . |
| 16 | The stiffer the opposition , the stronger waxes the battle , until much of the energy which would otherwise go into production of goods is deflected into personal warfare . |
| 17 | ABC will prior to completion procure the release of all share options which would otherwise subsist at completion over issued or unissued shares in ABC or its subsidiaries . |
| 18 | The future socialist society , he explained , would be one in which state planning would be retained in only a few essential sectors , but which would otherwise rely upon market forces . |
| 19 | To date , new services have all been on lines owned by Rail Freight — so they currently pay infrastructure costs which would otherwise fall to county councils . ’ |
| 20 | Given this tranquil climate , few contemporary observers could have predicted that by the late 1520s the English crown and the papacy would be locked in a bitter jurisdictional conflict which would eventually end in schism . |
| 21 | There was one hope which Rosen kept to himself and which would only come to light when Kennedy responded . |
| 22 | Fissuring of an atherosclerotic plaque would also expose collagen fibres , and the adhering platelets could release agents such as thromboxane A 2 and ADP , which would rapidly lead to adhesion and aggregation of more platelets and growth of the thrombus . |
| 23 | But to attract the funds needed to capitalize , NoS would have to persuade a merchant bank to sponsor it , which would inevitably lead to confrontation over the Right-On organizational principles on which the project was based . |
| 24 | The sacrifices described in the Old Testament could never effect any such atonement but were instituted by God to point to a coming all-sufficient sacrifice which would fully atone for sin . |
| 25 | She would probably fall into slumber tonight if the devil himself were to share the room with her . |
| 26 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |
| 27 | She would rather die of starvation , or sunburn , than face Piers Morrison , who had revealed a side to her which she had never even suspected existed . |
| 28 | ‘ She would occasionally come to church with her sons . |
| 29 | In Dorothy Heathcote 's early days of doing drama with adults she would sometimes begin in role with ‘ Did you get the message … ? ’ |
| 30 | Yes , there were things she would never experience in life , special things which a man and woman in love might enjoy ; she would never carry Tyler 's child again , nor would the two of them grow old together , content in each other 's love . |