Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am really glad of it ; I do n't think I would want them to be there , just in case I lost . |
| 2 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , no dear , I do n't think I would mistake you for a stook of corn . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think I would hurt you , my lovely girl ? |
| 5 | Oh well you had to notif take doctor 's note in you see , oh yes er doctor 's note and erm we were allowed , but erm fortunately I did n't have to have much time off , I 've been really fortunate that way , but erm I do n't think I would do anything that 's different to what I have done because it 's hard to prepare me for how I am now that 's how I look at things , and er the trouble I had with my husband it 's helped me to prepare myself for doing the garden , I 'd done the front garden when the gardeners came this morning . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you really think I would leave you to face her alone ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I hope you do n't think I would use what happened the other night in any way to try and influence you . |
| 8 | Do you think I would use you like any common slut ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not my game and I do n't think I would like it much . |
| 10 | I do n't think I would have it in me to start again with another group . |
| 11 | Like now , I do n't think I would order it again . |
| 12 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 13 | As the most experienced grown-up , I had calculated I would hold my edge till the second day . |
| 14 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 15 | Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season . |
| 16 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
| 17 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 18 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 19 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 20 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 21 | If I were took I would talk whatever |
| 22 | ‘ I expect she would laugh her socks off if she found you here in royal regalia ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You did promise you would get me the promotion that 's coming up . |
| 24 | In the days to come she would tell me the story , she would teach me many things . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ This is a real nobs ’ area of Abingdon — all doctors and bank managers and the last place you would expect something like this to be done . ’ |
| 26 | I should like to hear from you which subjects you would like me to write about and what problems you have had ( and of course successes ! ) . |
| 27 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 28 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 29 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 30 | The people did not see the two youths — but if they saw them now they say they would lynch them . |