Example sentences of "i would want " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm not at all sure that I 'd want one . ’
2 The Easy-Carve is in fact not as noisy as one might imagine , but it is not necessarily a tool I 'd want to use for long stretches .
3 I 'd want a third and fourth and so on . ’
4 I 'd want to vote for the official candidate , but Frank 's not done too bad , ’ said Mr Dean .
5 I 'd want to see you often , but not in a special way .
6 ‘ Well I 'd want to get my own back , ’ Sam insisted .
7 ‘ If I was Sam , I 'd want to achieve a better car , ’ Jazz said .
8 ‘ I do n't think I 'd want a stomach pump , ’ Rab said .
9 And if I was a singer and a guitar player I 'd want that too …
10 Then I saw some pictures of these Zamaitis guitars and thought they were such beautiful instruments that I 'd want to try to get one .
11 I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone .
12 Comments like ‘ if I was one of those parents , I 'd be so ashamed I 'd want to keep out of the limelight ’ were heard from some of those connected with the local authority .
13 ‘ The hotel looked good — particularly the room service — but I do n't think I 'd want to have gone through the other things that happened to Kevin unless I had 50,000 policeman and 20,000 doctors with me to make sure I was okay . ’
14 ‘ That 's what I 'd want , Mother . ’
15 Not that I 'd want to , but I ca n't . ’
16 A child takes an awful lot of work , and I 'd want to make sure I was through the bulk of my career stuff .
17 ‘ It 's the last place on earth I 'd want to live . ’
18 For all the questions and doubts the book raises , it 's not one that I 'd want to damn out of court or do without .
19 ‘ If I was any of those people , ’ Ellie concluded , ‘ I 'd want to be one on the steamer , would n't you , Mr O'Hara ? ’
20 For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! "
21 ‘ You think I 'd want that ? ’
22 ‘ In the first place , I 'm far too busy , and in the second , I 've yet to meet anyone I 'd want to marry .
23 Apart from anything else , I 've not met a girl I 'd want to spend the rest of my life with — at least , not until I met you , and Harry 's pipped me to the post . ’
24 ‘ But nothing I 'd want to complain about . ’
25 Yet Posi seemed to think that I 'd want to respond to this call .
26 I 'd want to know how much the people who are working on it at all stages are paid , if they 're paid a living wage .
27 Now , I 've got a retired accountant in Nottingham who spends his days trading gilts , but not what I 'd want to do .
28 ‘ If I were Newley , I 'd want to know for certain , even if I intended to go through with the deal . ’
29 I 'd want to know who sent it .
30 That does n't mean I 'd want my dad to read about it in a newspaper . ’
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