Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’ |
| 2 | And I I would simply draw attention to paragraph two of that report er in the second last sentence in the paragraph it says Well I 'd better actually read the er the whole paragraph . |
| 3 | I would rather taste ash on my tongue than blood in my mouth . |
| 4 | I would like to thank Tom Johnston , Councillor Pat Lally and Professor David Vines , who all left the Board during the year , for their contribution ; and I would again pay tribute to Lord Macfarlane . |
| 5 | If it 's right for the meal , I would probably serve champagne all the way through . |
| 6 | This was edged around with a framework of masking tape to reserve bands of the white ground that I would later paint gold . |
| 7 | And then I would just draw attention to the proposals . |
| 8 | ‘ In an ideal world , I would just do research , teach … and rest . ’ |
| 9 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 10 | And I would also draw attention to a particular consideration namely that between the outer boundary of the greenbelt in that corridor and the area of outstanding natural beauty of the Hills , there is very little distance . |
| 11 | I would even take care not to wipe my boots on Roper 's pillow . |
| 12 | To those less committed I would strongly urge sampling ( try Disc 2 , track 4 ) — and will be surprised indeed if you resist the seduction any better than Caesar ! |
| 13 | The onboard switchable amp simulator ( it is n't listed as an effect ) makes a difference , but again I would strongly recommend experimentation , as the sound character can change between mixers — and amps as well for that matter . |
| 14 | Like the dozens of blue uniformed Serbs , who hold the high ground around outlying Serbian villages to the east of Sarajevo , the bands of Muslims who greeted me on the other side with loud applause expected I would somehow provide aid . |
| 15 | But however horrible the thought of lying sticky and crumpled , sleeping , or trying to , might be , the actual moment of departure is one I would gladly relive time and time again . |
| 16 | I would usually follow instinct , and knew when it was safe to add on an extra shilling . |
| 17 | ‘ I would hardly call sailing ‘ dicing with death ’ . ’ |
| 18 | I would respectfully join issue with this statement on two grounds . |
| 19 | Although he said a resigned ‘ Yes ’ to them , I was told by him I would never reach college . |
| 20 | Before I had Scott I would never say boo to a goose . |
| 21 | I knew that I would never find happiness anywhere else . |
| 22 | ‘ I would never discourage enthusiasm , no matter how lacking in talent , ’ Miss Hatherby continued , ‘ but , my dear , I 'm afraid you have neither . ’ |
| 23 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 24 | Every time I wonder about going to join George and to use my TEFL qualification , I wonder how I would REALLY do teaching English to people , though I guess I have had quite a lot of ad hoc and ungrammatical ( ! ) experience with the various language students who have stayed here . |
| 25 | I would really call spade |
| 26 | S Yeah I wo I would basically put money on it being a problem with the the addressing . |
| 27 | She would also need money — and the stability the old man was talking about . |
| 28 | Fabia felt then that if he went on in this ‘ lift her up , knock her down ’ fashion for very much longer , the way her heart was behaving , she would probably have heart failure . |
| 29 | I glimpsed what she had written — nothing extraordinary except that she hoped she would soon find deliverance from her troubles . |
| 30 | She never liked the killing of them , though , whereas now she looked forward to the moment when she would finally take advantage of his surrender . |