Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 2 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 3 | Anyway , there was less blood than I would have imagined . ’ |
| 4 | There was no doubt in my mind that I would go out and prove myself and answer all those questions about me . ’ |
| 5 | But you really ‘ should n't have ’ — I know you have so many other things on your mind that I would hate to think I was adding to them . |
| 6 | ‘ There have never been any thoughts in my mind that I would get something from the Government . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 're so good at reading my mind that I would have thought you 'd know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 9 | Garry must be a much better lover than I would have thought him , or is it the legacy his godfather has left him that tempts you ? ’ |
| 10 | Yeah I genuinely look all I can say about this new album is if I 'd have continued recording for the last twenty odd years and had a sustained recording career like Cliff continued singing , this would have been the album that I would 've ended up doing anyway . |
| 11 | I had wagered a purse that I would beat him at bowls and Drake never could resist gold . |
| 12 | The monitor that I would pick if money was n't a consideration was the Sampo Alpha Scan — a superior monitor for a reasonable price . |
| 13 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 14 | She was then sent to our shared bedroom and I would smuggle in jam sandwiches with the crusts left on , her favourite . |
| 15 | At about 2.30 a.m. , he went into the lavatory and I would shout across at him . |
| 16 | I , I 'm a general practitioner and I would like to back up initially what the convenor has said about the study pack that has come on child abuse but I have a question . |
| 17 | I I 've been coming here for forty years so far and and provocative statement I think in your programme this Autumn is the best that you 've had for years it 's a very good combination of classical and and modern plays and I really congratulate you on this programme and I would like to see that standard maintained . |
| 18 | But in a more important sense he would be wrong , for there is no such person as he had in mind and I would have been there all the time . |
| 19 | If you have a completely loose system , if you have complete mixed ability , you 're merely going to cause confusion and I would think there 's also a likelihood that you will be unfair to your gifted or your talented children . |
| 20 | ‘ The man is a monster and I would swing for him , ’ he said . |
| 21 | For these reasons , Scottish Office management of a wider road system would not be in the interests of cycling and I would wish to object to this particular proposal . |
| 22 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 23 | I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic . |
| 24 | If things were out in the open — and St Mirren did offer to meet any condition if I would stay — then I could make an honest decision about my future . |
| 25 | I 'm very impressed indeed by the Oxford Preservation Trust study and I would have a |
| 26 | As regards the salaries of the U S A we 've read and seen about so many companies that pay sky-high for v various salaries and other schemes , we do n't want that in this country but we do want a degree of evenness and I would repeat as somebody has already said , that your salary has gone up fifty six percent which is very , very high . |
| 27 | It would be such a pleasure and I would promise you that they would be no inconvenience to you . |
| 28 | Wales and Ireland also have their share of young talent and I would highlight Raymond Burns of Ireland as being particularly exciting . |
| 29 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got an open mind on my future but I would love to stay on , ’ confessed Butcher , who has conquered fears that he may be forced into premature retirement through knee trouble . |