Example sentences of "[conj] i would [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Or I would apply for er , family credit straight away . |
| 5 | Although I would love to be able to take regular trips to the countryside , I am often unable to indulge myself in this luxury and so instead I choose to walk and cycle through Richmond Park in London . |
| 6 | In fact , during my first few months , I have not been able to identify any major differences between the procedures that the Institute has set up in response to the Companies Act and those that I would expect from an ‘ external ’ regulator . |
| 7 | Mhm , it 's got ta be a world record that I would think in a world cup . |
| 8 | It had been arranged that I would remain in Johannesburg and Max would proceed ahead to Salisbury to see whether Ian Smith would wish to see me . |
| 9 | There was also the chance that I would recover from the madness . ’ |
| 10 | The important passage that I would quote in regard to this injury is as follows : " Undoubtedly , this is a very severe deterrent on his " ( the plaintiff 's ) " movements and activities . " |
| 11 | Basil might say , " If a child cries for gold , give it a yellow leaf " — and it is precisely this metaphoric quality that I would emphasise against the purely observational . |
| 12 | At the back of my mind was the feeling that I would bump into you in the street . |
| 13 | That I would step into the gap maybe . |
| 14 | That day I made a vow to myself that I would return to Athens and run better . |
| 15 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 16 | My reply was that I doubted if any such plan had a remote chance of success , and that I would want to be assured of the truthfulness and authenticity of the document he was planning to send me . |
| 17 | I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said |
| 18 | ‘ The odds were 7–2 that I would disappear with the money before we even started , even money that I 'd wait until the houses were built and leg it with the money , ’ recalls the London born-and-bred ‘ community builder ’ , with all the relish of a man who beat the bookies . |
| 19 | I had to agree to do so , and it was arranged that I would go to the Taibach house the following Sunday afternoon . |
| 20 | I explained that I would go to the Lyceum today . |
| 21 | Well I think as an early potato Stefan , I would chose from Rocket for the earliest , I would grow I think for as well as that I would go for Foremost but if you want a real waxy potato it would still be Arran Pilot cos now whenever you eat it it got a strong taste , whether it 's young or whether it 's old . |
| 22 | Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly . |
| 23 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 24 | ‘ It also made a lot of sense that part of the service Metaltronix offered was that I would go into the studio and tweak the gear while these guys were recording , and that 's what happened . |
| 25 | With this background , and my father 's job , I took it as natural that I would go into scientific research . |
| 26 | The immediate rebuff is in conventional and predictable terms : ( " That I would do in no circumstances by our Lord , king of heaven , who is above us . " ) |
| 27 | I am afraid , rather weakly , I said that I would speak to Max . |
| 28 | It was at moments like this that I would reflect on concepts like the ‘ community ’ of work and how lost one can be without it . |
| 29 | ‘ On a personal note , in 1991 when the Board nominated me and the shareholders elected me to the chairmanship , I indicated that I would serve in this capacity for two years and oversee the rationalisation and turnaround of the Waterford and Wedgwood businesses . |
| 30 | I was gon na say as I recollect I did n't see much wrong with it that I would disagree with erm I think it 's nice to see , you know , sort of progress seems to be going on and erm er what I would say is sort of it might be a good idea to sort of line the numbers up a bit more but erm |