Example sentences of "[adv] you would [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps you would prefer a crack at archery , however . |
2 | Perhaps you would prefer a walking holiday in beautiful surroundings ; and , if so , the Country-wide Holiday Association or Holiday Fellowship might be for you . |
3 | ‘ Perhaps you would like a cup of coffee . |
4 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
5 | UTOPIA : Perhaps you 'd like a summary of our thinking so far ? |
6 | Perhaps you 'd take a look at him later ? ’ |
7 | But while you are here , if it is n't too much trouble , perhaps you 'd take a look at a patient . ’ |
8 | When , by George , he 'd got it , he was so pleased with himself that if you were n't quick enough you 'd get a turn on the forehand every time you stopped , which could be disconcerting for following drivers in narrow country lanes . |
9 | So you 'd like a film for your camera . |
10 | So you 'd need a junction box to erm connect the |
11 | Well you 'd cook a lot better ! |
12 | Well you 'd run a mile |
13 | And then I have n't got space now , but here you 'd have a millionth , six noughts that 'd been a million . |
14 | And so I should do you because you shave under your armpits and maybe you would have a baby and that would spite your father . ’ |
15 | Maybe you 'd like a drink … |
16 | ‘ And maybe you 'd like a bullet in the leg , ’ replied Jimmy . |
17 | And er sometimes you 'd have a stand for it because it was too long . |
18 | All men were the same , of course : they all liked to hold the floor while the womenfolk listened respectfully , but then you 'd think a Turk would be more interesting . |
19 | you 'd have the two hundred pound and then you 'd have a life insurance on top ? |
20 | We there was n't room for a three piece suite sort of thing and then you 'd have a sideboard and a table , chairs to sit on like hard chairs , wooden chairs like kitchen chairs . |
21 | And then you 'd have a length of erm either you made little thinner straw ropes or erm what we called er it was a sort of a coconut twine . |
22 | And then you 'd need a credit card would n't you Gary ? |
23 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
24 | Then you 'd get a bunch of compulsory emigrants , once in a while , Indians or Chinese , all wearing identical pyjamas and shuffling along in a crowd . |
25 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
26 | Occasionally you 'd get a script come down with lines in it you instinctively knew your character just would n't say , or actions she just would n't do , particularly from writers who were new to the show . |