Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I would soon know his secret . |
| 3 | ‘ Because my family were lawyers and self-employed , I 've always had the feeling that I would rather hold my future in my own hands than have it in somebody else 's . |
| 4 | I would rather lose my self than share it with Syl . |
| 5 | If he were mine , I would rather sell my soul . |
| 6 | I would both reduce their value to two points , the same for the dropped goal , and I would greatly reduce the number of offences for which a kick at goal would be allowed . |
| 7 | Overall , I would thoroughly recommend our itinerary to other pilots of light aircraft — particularly if they want to broaden their horizons with a change of scenery and culture as well as flying conditions different to those in most of the UK or France . |
| 8 | Erm I have already referred sir to the investigations which are proceeding with regard to the ability to erm , as it were , encourage er this er amphibian to go to other ponds , and I would again call your attention to the state of the knowledge we have at the present time , which is that that is not possible . |
| 9 | By the spring of 1964 I had persuaded myself that as it was nearly nine years since I joined AIB as a Senior Inspector and I was still a Senior Inspector , I would probably draw my pension as status of the engineering investigators to that of the operational investigators . |
| 10 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 11 | ‘ Whenever I used to feel on top of the world , I would just open my mouth and sing , and not care too much about what came out , ’ remembered Kylie . |
| 12 | Whilst I would commend you to study the German Staff Paper in its entirety , I would also draw your attention to its personal citation of AVM Bennett , and note the dateline March — 1944 : " This 35-year-old Australian — known as one of the most resourceful officers in the RAF — had distinguished himself as long ago as 1938 by a record long-range flight to South Africa … an example of his personal operational capabilities … may be cited in the attack which he made of the German Fleet base at Trondheim . " |
| 13 | ‘ I would also state my belief that in relation to Class AA , our parent company has behaved entirely properly ; the process of applying for a patent necessarily entails wide publication and ample opportunity for opposition . |
| 14 | I would strongly advise Your Majesty , " went on El-ahrairah , " not to leave the lettuces where they are , for they will shoot and flower and seed . |
| 15 | I would therefore assume his arrival in England was a great achievement . |
| 16 | I would never eat their meat out there anyway cos I think pony in it |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm a fashion type , ’ he reflects , ‘ but I would never raise my kid wearing any brand names . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm a fashion type , but I would never raise my kid wearing any brand names . |
| 19 | However I could not become a sperm donor ( Letters NI 189 ) , especially if this would mean I would never know my child or the woman who bore it . |
| 20 | ‘ I would never put my career before love , it 's not worth it , ’ she says . |
| 21 | ‘ From our very first meeting he has always told me that he would never do anything to put the Soviet Union 's security in danger — and he knows that I would never endanger our security . |
| 22 | As a veterinary surgeon I would never turn my back on a sick or injured animal . |
| 23 | Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again . |
| 24 | One thing my father instinctively knew : I would never join his firm unless events forced me to . |
| 25 | ‘ We quarrelled a lot when I was younger , ’ Lizzie says , ‘ because I would never follow her advice . |
| 26 | He did say before he went that I would never see my son again . |
| 27 | If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing . |
| 28 | But I would still like your responsibility as division quality manager to make sure it gets done . |
| 29 | I would then pitch my tent and have the night to weigh up the situation . |
| 30 | I would then clean my riding boots and would lay out a white shirt , my pony club tie my jodhpurs ready for the morning . |