Example sentences of "[conj] i would [verb] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Sir , — The new Mayor of Woodbridge , Mr Tony Hubbard , is encouraging local residents to promote Woodbridge as a commercial and retail centre in the face of the threat posed by new superstores and I would like to give him my support . |
2 | But he must have been thinking something and I would have given anything to know what it was . |
3 | Presently he drew me aside to suggest that if I would like to give him a certain sum his wife and daughter would go immediately and prepare a gypsy supper . |
4 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
5 | ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’ |
6 | Within weeks of my arrival , Mme Bluot at the bakery had asked me whether I would consider giving her son Didier English conversation lessons . |