Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am very fond of my ex-editor , but on the whole I would sooner Bill got his pleasure from watching Fred Couples play golf than from reading open-razor letters to the Guardian . |
| 2 | I would rather musicians took the latter course — and so , I bet , would you . |
| 3 | ‘ I would rather Germany played the proper Scottish team but I want to keep a sense of proportion . |
| 4 | I went mad , he said well accidents happen , I said not with my fucking dad they do n't not to my dad I said I 'll tell you what Mr if I 'd have known then what I know now I would n't even let you operate , I would n't Joy I would have said leave him alone , I wished he 'd have died when the |
| 5 | I would n't sir . |
| 6 | After my own experiences I wo I would n't advice someone not to go to their G P , but firstly , I would advice them to contact the Eating Disorders Association er , because they are very helpful and they 're more supportive than any G P I 've ever come across . |
| 7 | Erm because I would n't sort of finished till quarter pa |
| 8 | I would n't , I would n't C C Q , I just go back to , erm and to start chat basically and see what contact . |
| 9 | You 're so ugly I would n't f— you with HIS dick ! |
| 10 | I would not stage it at all ! |
| 11 | I would not hand this in to my superior lest I would become a victim of the purges myself . |
| 12 | ‘ And if I had to put money on it at the moment then I would back Arsenal to win the title . ’ |
| 13 | All the other main opposition parties except the conservative Popular Christian Party ( PPC ) boycotted the elections , arguing that the CCD would be an insubstantial body which would merely rubber-stamp presidential decisions . |
| 14 | But the fact is no lender can ever be absolutely sure that a guarantor is not being subject to pressure from the principal debtor , and to require him to do more than properly and fairly point out to the guarantor the desirability of obtaining independent advice , and to require the documents to be executed in the presence of a solicitor , is to put upon commercial lenders a burden which would severely handicap the carrying out of what is , after all , an extremely common transaction of everyday occurrence for banks and other commercial lenders . |
| 15 | She hoped that she would not disgrace herself by fainting , or by being unable to help him through fear or disgust of what she might be seeing . |
| 16 | She would not disgrace it more than she had already . |
| 17 | His vestigial liberalism or compassion persuaded him to resist the introduction of the poll tax for nurses and other deserving persons — but the Whips knew him as a man who would always toe the lobby line with a specious ministerial assurance , such as Nicolas Ridley 's promised poll tax rebate of £130 millions . |
| 18 | The first of these periods ( from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century ) usually involved confrontations between stone-throwing strikers and armed troops , who would sometimes resort to gunfire to restore order . |
| 19 | If you if you would please Trevor . |
| 20 | Are you sure you would n't physics ? |
| 21 | You would n't sort of erm , if you think of Fay er , |
| 22 | decorative mirror , with or without a frame , is the type you would normally hand on a bedroom or living room wall , or perhaps over a mantlepiece to reflect the room . |
| 23 | Erm for instance , you go to one meeting and erm you would just sort of , mind you I think probably you may not agree , young people perhaps think this is the best way . |
| 24 | Or you might have become part of a large co-operative farm , where you would virtually farm as you were told in every facet by those in charge . |
| 25 | I pointed out that by slackening our programme efforts we would simply court mediocrity . |
| 26 | But again , there is the other side to Beccaria 's version of the social contract mentioned in Chapter 1 — that we would not will for others what we would not will for ourselves — and Hart 's view that Beccaria 's position was sensitive to individual rights . |
| 27 | But again , there is the other side to Beccaria 's version of the social contract mentioned in Chapter 1 — that we would not will for others what we would not will for ourselves — and Hart 's view that Beccaria 's position was sensitive to individual rights . |
| 28 | Of course , if everyone knew their partners inside out , there 's a good chance no-one would ever plight their troth . |
| 29 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 30 | I mean they would n't willy nilly , would they . |