Example sentences of "would give [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd give everything I have , ’ he muttered aloud , ‘ for all that back . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd give anything for a sight of you in your pleasant civilian dress , and even the ‘ digs ’ would seem a veritable palace , compared with sand , and ragged Arabs , and khaki-drill shorts . |
| 3 | Oh — ’ Her laughter faded and she sighed before she went on , ‘ I 'd give anything to leave there . |
| 4 | I 'd give anything to win something with Chelsea , my Wembley goal and my Cup Winners ' medal . |
| 5 | I must say , sometimes I 'd give anything to have a proper old-fashioned tea again , one gets so fed-up with flies and water-boatmen . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , Ludovico , what a romantic place to live , ’ she sighed , ‘ I 'd give anything to have a view like this . ’ |
| 8 | I said so to Tom and he said of course this girl is n't all that popular with the men — that 's an important part of a production assistant 's job — and he said ‘ she 'd give anything to be in your place — to be married and have a baby ’ . |
| 9 | He 'd give anything to see you again . ’ |
| 10 | Confusion was muddling her responses , putting up barriers where she 'd give anything for a free and open path forward … |
| 11 | I 'd give anything to see Aurora and her Amazing Acrobats ! |
| 12 | I 'd give anything in the world to undo that quarrel with her ! ’ |
| 13 | I 'd say he 'd give anything to score though ( just like Chappy when he came to Leeds ) . |
| 14 | Well anyway , if you were to give well I 'd give anything |
| 15 | There 's not many men who are n't even relations that 'd give someone a record player for a wedding present . ’ |
| 16 | So it was a great disappointment to discover that she was quite unlike all the other home-bred horses , and that she would give nothing in return to those who cared for her and bestowed affection upon her . |
| 17 | To others , he would give something called love ; but it was only a reward for loyalty . ’ |
| 18 | would prefer that too er partly because it would give everybody an opportunity to look at the particular problem er in , in , in , in , in a shorter period of time , erm we are also cheered by the recent visit to England by the minister there Mr who made certain promises , I think it would be useful if Mr who a candidate at the meeting would reiterate his promises publicly today , thank you Chairman . |
| 19 | Sometimes , I would give everything just to let her know the truth . ’ |
| 20 | So how many tonnes would give one ? |
| 21 | For example , you might have been a mere , much more happy about making a sacrifice for your brother , giving him a sweet , if you knew that on other occasions , he would give one to you , and because you are related to each other . |
| 22 | The goal for the formal system of education was to provide a system from pre-school through to adult education which would give everyone access . |
| 23 | A referendum on Maastricht would give everyone the opportunity both to understand it and to debate its implications themselves . |
| 24 | I understand the problems , but an armed intervention force would give everyone the opportunity to seek a political solution . |
| 25 | Their supervision of mints and markets in their civitates would give plenty of opportunity for taking a cut . |
| 26 | Think about those good points ( I am well organised ; I 'm a caring person and so on ) and give yourself as much credit as you would give someone else with those qualities ; |
| 27 | The Trunchbull was not a person who would give someone a whole chocolate cake to eat just out of kindness . |
| 28 | She would give anything to be able to talk with him in private , but he deliberately chose a time when both of them were a home . |
| 29 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 30 | Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio . |