Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We walked to the boy 's mother 's house where I would stay while we worked on the bride house . |
| 2 | ‘ I said from day one that I would stay until I detected a change in attitude from the people in Ireland . |
| 3 | The issue has not been discussed with me during my time as Secretary of State at any conference under the Anglo-Irish Agreement , and I am perfectly clear about what response I would give if it were raised . |
| 4 | ‘ I would laugh if I saw pepper coming out of a fishtank . ’ |
| 5 | I am staying to finish what I had promised Lord Derby I would do before I went away , & shall , I imagine , be home by the end of November , when I shall be most happy to set about anything that you please … |
| 6 | I 'm looking out at the moodily lit bathroom and wondering what I would do if I suddenly saw William appear out there , flight bags in hand , a Surprise , honey , I 'm home ! look on his face . |
| 7 | I would do if I had any change , you could go and |
| 8 | When Elfed returned with Richard , I told them I would do as they all wished , and the room seemed to be filled with the happiness of relief . |
| 9 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 10 | I would do as I do now probably and go |
| 11 | I did n't really think at all , not about where I was going , nor about what I would do when I got there . |
| 12 | It 's the sort of ’ You stupid boy , stop trying to drown yourself ’ speech I can imagine I would deliver if I were dragging a recalcitrant lad back to land . |
| 13 | ‘ 84 for 2 , Mr Beesley , ’ I would shout as I passed him snoozing in the sun beneath the gangling wisteria . |
| 14 | I may well know how I would react if I could remain consistently aware of what I know in the abstract , yet yield to the opposite reaction , so that ‘ I see , and approve , the better : I follow the worse ’ ( Ovid 's Video meliora proboque , deteriora sequor ) . |
| 15 | I would think if you looked carefully you would find that most people are . ’ |
| 16 | I would think if you were n't , you must have been very nearly . |
| 17 | I would think if you were felt the area of the houses on that side , the area of the houses on the Thorny side you would think that one 's |
| 18 | well I would think if it could lodged during the course of the next ten days or so |
| 19 | I would think if she think 's she 's gon na be a bit nervous then I 'll get . |
| 20 | Going to be a long journey I would think cos it 's an hour and a half from here to Scarborough on the bus . |
| 21 | Oh , it was , that would be the late sixties I would think when they were in the erm third division . |
| 22 | your bargaining power is based on the losses I would suffer if I were to agree or disagree with your proposals . |
| 23 | I remember that within 10 minutes of our first conversation , Christopher asked me how I would feel if we closed down the Birmingham head office — his view was that the way to change the company 's culture was to close the headquarters and start again somewhere else . |
| 24 | And at the end of the first week he asked me how I would feel if we sold the domestic appliances businesses ( the most profitable part of the group at the time ) , and I said I did n't know how he had got to that so fast , but that it was fine with me . |
| 25 | Two French UNRWA workers were released from captivity in Beirut at the beginning of the year and I had watched their press conference imagining how I would feel if it were John delivering the speech . |
| 26 | I caught myself wondering how I would feel if I knew I was being transfused with the blood of someone of 85 : would it be strong enough ? |
| 27 | No-one told me I would feel like I did . ’ |
| 28 | Already I had had presentiments of the satisfaction I would feel when I eventually got the bag home — the huge relief as I unpacked my treasures . |
| 29 | You mean what I would mean if I used those words . |
| 30 | Yes , there may be some waste in the Health Service , but I would suggest if we are to look for savings then start at the top . |