Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I might be so bold , for one who missed out on so much ( and not just in a cricket sense ) , I would offer a few words of advice . |
| 2 | In conclusion I would offer a very positive role for residential care — whether integrated or specialist but all I have said emphasises that there is no simple way forward , there are pros and cons for practically every service . |
| 3 | I would offer a contract that allowed him exclusivity if he gets a minimum of 100 candidates in November 1993 and 200 during 1993/94 . |
| 4 | When I was released , I was so relieved that I swore I would lead a normal life — no more endless walks . |
| 5 | I would capture a fresh wasp that afternoon to use the following morning . |
| 6 | For native English speakers I would give a quite different kind of lecture , and I did not want to be judged by the standards of my lectures to the Japanese , which were nearly always basic and very simple in expression . |
| 7 | He wondered whether I would give a dinner , which I said I would , at my home . |
| 8 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 9 | I would write a story on my new Smith-Corona ; I would draw a host of painted women with my new ‘ complete ’ collection of Pentel pens . |
| 10 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 11 | I would marry a beautiful and capable woman like my mother who would look after my house and my children while I busied myself with more important matters in the wider world . |
| 12 | Newman Hall , whose Christ Church , Westminster Bridge Road , was to many the epitome of Gothic extravagance , is said to have told F. B. Meyer 's biographer , ‘ Had I my time over again with my present knowledge , I would build a Workmen 's Hall at Westminster and use the surplus money to build three or four churches in the suburbs of London ’ . |
| 13 | Then I would build a stage . |
| 14 | then I would build a trap of poisoned |
| 15 | And I would build a package to suit their company . |
| 16 | Then I would do a recitation , sometimes one of Granda 's favourites like ‘ The Arab 's Farewell to his Steed ’ . |
| 17 | I would do a house like this . |
| 18 | The hours , well sometimes I would do a double shift which was sixteen hours . |
| 19 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 20 | Masha and I would visit a friend of mine in Holborn who knew one or two influential people . |
| 21 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I would leave a few of you on the G'bai side of the mountains with the pack beasts . |
| 23 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |
| 24 | But I would crave a boon for myself and my successors . |
| 25 | ‘ My imagination is n't so impoverished that I would invent a name like Jones , ’ she came back . |
| 26 | It was to be filmed in a Spanish club off Oxford Street , and I promised my flamenco friend Nuria , who taught me all I knew for my part in the About Face playlet , Señor Duende , that I would don a leotard and flounce for her . |
| 27 | Mike and I had quickly established a routine : our day would start at 4.30am , when I would cook a massive breakfast to last Mike the whole day . |
| 28 | As regards size , to come to the second point , the Government amendments still seem to contemplate that sixteen should be the norm er but in practice , I would expect a great many exceptions to be made where for example there are number of constituent authorities er as in Greater Manchester er where there 's er a combination of urban areas and large rural areas , or where the authority tends to function through a lot of sub-committees each of which have to be manned as in Greater Man as in Merseyside . |
| 29 | But I would want a constant dialogue , through various means of communication , to learn about what is going on throughout the whole constituency . |
| 30 | If that is the carrot to persuade this Parliament to give up such independence as it possesses and to move it on from the treaty of Rome , I would want a lot of persuading that that was in our best interests . |