Example sentences of "i would [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I 've got my views , I 'm sure you 've got yours , and I shall listen later in the morning to the debate , but I would finally say delegates , that I hope you enjoy your stay in Portsmouth , in particular Southsea where most of you are staying if you have a chance go to the rose gardens , have a walk along the sea front there , there it 's magnificent this time of year and a tribute to our staff in our direct works organization for their hard work . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor last night blasted television 's ‘ saturation coverage ’ of football and claimed : ‘ I would rather watch Coronation Street . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd , I would rather watch Davie Cooper play football any day ! |
| 6 | I would rather abandon Eton , Winchester , Harrow and all the rest of them than sacrifice the advantage of the grammar school . ’ |
| 7 | I would rather mend hedges & follow the plough , than write another . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would rather see Philip play the piano than workingmen 's clubs but he has set his heart on being a magician and we are supporting him , ’ said his mother Stella . |
| 9 | I would rather see people that are going to start work , even if it is only for a year , at the same time where they are working that year that somebody take an interest in what 's going to happen to them at the end of that year . |
| 10 | I would rather taste ash on my tongue than blood in my mouth . |
| 11 | Though we have several times discussed the subject of retirement , in connection with other drivers , on his own withdrawal from the sport I would rather let Jackie have the word . |
| 12 | Staggering And , after earning at the staggering rate of nearly $60 a second throughout this tournament , he said : ‘ I would rather win Wimbledon again and a few thousand pounds than this tournament and all this money . ’ |
| 13 | And then there are those than whom I would rather have mice , and into this latter category fall the Molesworths . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should , in a cowardly manner , become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour . ’ |
| 15 | I would rather lose Bobby 's backing than compromise my artistic integrity over this production . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If it 's right for the meal , I would probably serve champagne all the way through . |
| 18 | This was edged around with a framework of masking tape to reserve bands of the white ground that I would later paint gold . |
| 19 | And then I would just draw attention to the proposals . |
| 20 | ‘ In an ideal world , I would just do research , teach … and rest . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And then Boy cut back to the man on the bed , who was saying ( actually it was a different man in a different room , Boy realised ; the sofa and the quilted nylon counterpane were in a different colour in this room , though the man sitting there looked just like the last one ) , the man was saying I like your shoes , please take off your shoes ; and Boy cut backwards and forwards between this man and the politician beginning to lose his self-control and saying I would just ask people to forgive me really and to forgive my wife as well . |
| 23 | Where you know I would just take things in my stride . |
| 24 | I would also nominate William Trevor , who is comparison a miniaturist with a Dostoevskian eye for the odd little incident , the world of the irrational and the way it impinges on ordinary life . ’ |
| 25 | I would also drop Tufnell , who was most disappointing in the First Test . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Finally , I would also thank Professor James Murray , Vice-Principal , and lan Muir , Chairman of the Enterprise Steering Committee for the tremendous support and enthusiasm that they have given to the work of the Enterprise Centre . |
| 28 | ‘ Say a prayer for us ’ I asked , ‘ I really would like to be married , but I would also like HMS Western to put up a decent show . ’ |
| 29 | And I would also support Mr Potters in the addition of the under-used term would I think be beneficial to the policy . |
| 30 | I would even take care not to wipe my boots on Roper 's pillow . |