Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said it was completely confidential but I mean I would just say well it 's , it 's between Friends Provident and yourself end of story . |
| 2 | My point is that , in a word , Bill , I mean I would quite honestly I 'd refuse to go to a garage where that firm is you know offering the service . |
| 3 | Erm that 's I mean I would really recommend that you make the time . |
| 4 | I mean I would never buy it , but I would try not to buy anything . |
| 5 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 6 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 7 | As they say erm whether they were thinking , Well we will starve them on the gate out and they 'll have to come back , that 's another situation but erm I never thought we 'd have so much support from people and we can still erm I mean I 'd rather be back at work but erm that is the situation . |
| 8 | Well no I 'm not actually back to the centimetre cost I do n't agree with the centimetre argument er the centimetre argument I mean I 'd rather have one good solid paragraph which |
| 9 | I mean I 'd rather have tea , sorry , yeah . |
| 10 | I mean I 'd rather leave it if I can until it does |
| 11 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 12 | Well I think that 's quite I mean I 'd probably knock him down to a hundred anyway . |
| 13 | And I think in the past there there actually been music in in foyer bar erm yeah I mean I 'd certainly look at that I mean . |
| 14 | Well I mean I 'd certainly use it . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean I 'd really like to , but I 've already been shouldered out of the Nativity play . |
| 16 | I mean I 'd much rather they do it if we can influence him enough . |
| 17 | Bu I mean I 'd only advise those if you have like er you know , children with grubby hands and |
| 18 | You say I 'd rather have |
| 19 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 20 | Ferry himself would probably tell you that in it 's search for perfection , the motor industry has taken from the driver and given to the machine . |
| 21 | It was n't really very bad but it was a dull ache that made her realise she would never get to sleep . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , I expect you 'd both like some coffee too . ’ |
| 23 | I expect you 'd just rather it was Mediterranean because it would feel less racist . ’ |
| 24 | I expect you 'd rather be dead ; |
| 25 | ‘ If you had failed the first test you would now be dead . |
| 26 | Many parents , increasingly pressed to meet school fees , say they would rather the trips were not on offer than have to explain yet again to their children that they ca n't join their friends on this once-in-a-lifetime trip . |
| 27 | But police say they would rather that drivers just slowed down . |
| 28 | ESC founders Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington director and star of the Shakespeare tragedy say they would rather stay away from the Civic , one of the strongest dates on their world tours , than face the same problem again . |
| 29 | Labour councillors say they would rather have flats backing on to the gardens than rats and rubbish . |
| 30 | To find its value , attention is focused on the proportions who say they would break the law , ignoring proportions who say they would never break it ( figure 13.6 ) . |