Example sentences of "[conj] i would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If her car had broken down your Dad or me would have passed it on the road . ’ |
| 2 | Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ? |
| 3 | If it is only — or mainly — accommodation problems which stop you repeating the year , Grandad & I would like you to know that you are welcome to live here & go to Oban High School . |
| 4 | ‘ I was teaching , but one of the reason things worked out so well for me was that I did n't have to worry how I would eat or where I would sleep . |
| 5 | That 's the reason I have brought you to this quiet garden , not to some tavern where I would drink myself senseless . |
| 6 | Ahead I could see the Bomb Circle , where I would stop or turn . |
| 7 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 8 | We walked to the boy 's mother 's house where I would stay while we worked on the bride house . |
| 9 | I suffered agonies of suspense in silence , for I never knew when or where I would see you again , or whether she would be with you . |
| 10 | My destination was Victoria station where I would try and catch a boat-train to France . |
| 11 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 12 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 13 | ‘ I am disappointed because I finished fresh and fifth where I would have rather been exhausted and higher in the list . |
| 14 | I would enjoy a job where I would have to talk , persuade or advise people |
| 15 | A major installation of Beuys , ‘ Arena ( where I would have got if I had been intelligent ) ’ , created in 1970–72 ( see The Art Newspaper No.16 , March 1992 , p.6 ) , remains on exhibition at the Dia Center for the Arts until mid-April , while the MoMA exhibition travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles ( 30 May-15 August ) , the Philadelphia Museum of Art ( 10 October-2 January 1994 ) and the Art Institute of Chicago ( 15 February-25 April 1994 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ At 13 or 14 , I should have been taken away from my family and placed somewhere where I would have felt loved and like a real person . ’ |
| 17 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 18 | They were a happy family and very hospitable , but Mary told me I was not to call too often or I would wear out my welcome . |
| 19 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 20 | Yeah I would s I would guess so or I would think so as well . |
| 21 | I gave the old bag an ultimatum , either I picked the team or I would quit . |
| 22 | He would make comments about them ‘ in the same way you or I would comment on a pretty girl and a wonderful pair of knockers ’ . |
| 23 | Back in the main street of Ballinasloe , I had to act fast , or I would miss my train . |
| 24 | As the brochure on the procedure in these cases explains it is not always possible to conclude a claim as quickly as you or I would like . |
| 25 | Or I would apply for er , family credit straight away . |
| 26 | I said she had to change her lifestyle and eating habits or I would insist she came home . |
| 27 | Just what you or I would say if we were buying a car ! ) |
| 28 | Instead of telling the silly tart to go and put some knickers on , as you or I would have done , these guys go all sweaty and hot under the collar , and stare at her , gobsmacked and embarrassed . |
| 29 | Luckily , our man 's name began with a B or I would have been there all night . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I felt it had to be my fault : I was a weak human being with no moral fibre or I would have been able to kick the habit . ’ |