Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine but realized that if — no , when — John came back I would rather have a home all set up for him .
2 Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro .
3 Well what I would what I would do erm I would rather have a commitment for a date to start when you go out of here and if you say if you 've got if you 've got something that comes up then fine .
4 Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it .
5 So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on .
6 But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’
7 The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own .
8 And one final thought — if I ever come across any Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III they would fit very well into my tank , with the Uaru , and then I would really have a dream come true !
9 Not only was she exultant at the thought of a holiday in London , but she would also have a week removed from the constant worry of Gareth Davis .
10 Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child .
11 Perhaps she would never have a child .
12 She would never have a confrontation but she would get things done her way .
13 What would happen is the prescription would be written and they 'd either get it from the chemist who would constantly have a stock coming in or the hospital .
14 Erm I found the , the greeting and the appropriate sociability to start with very hesitant but I think that was most probably just nerves on your part Robert , I do n't think it was something that you would usually have a problem with .
15 I feel that in some senses it becomes almost about a certain strain of purity — that we would rather have a demonstration of 50 people on maybe a fuller , total political programme , than we would a demonstration of 50,000 people on maybe more limited aims but nevertheless political aims that we do feel carry us forward , but which could draw into activity a broader range of people .
16 We would then have a pattern of perfectly dovetailing decisions .
17 We would then have a report back in plenary and a time for additional comments .
18 But we would still have a form tutor input i.e. a summation
19 Would you say that if this pattern were to be repeated all through the night we would run out of dry-roasted nuts just before the important watershed of midnight , whereas we would still have a surplus of the ordinary variety ?
20 Other times , in the outside divisions , we would often have a list of people to call up in the morning — such as our own men for early morning duty .
21 Only to know each day that tomorrow one would still have a roof over one 's head , a bed to lie in and food to put on the table .
22 If they left an old rusty car on the road or a new car without road tax , they would soon have a visit from the police and the offending vehicle would have to be removed .
23 Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child .
24 Well that was , that was the crew 's job you see cos you used to have , they used to be erm , they used to be the master of the ship , my father , and they would still have a mate , he 's dead and gone and there was myself one side on the starboard side on a winch and we had two men right aft on the after winch and they used to have to look after three chains .
25 Within a couple of months Constanze was pregnant , and Mozart realized that he would soon have a family to support on what was still a precarious income .
26 After the delivery , he would always have a cup of tea .
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