Example sentences of "i would [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
2 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
3 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
4 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
5 | To Ajax he says : ‘ I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an ’ I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece' ( 27ff . ) . |
6 | I would thou didst itch from head to foot ; an I had the scratching of thee , I would make thee the loathsomest scab in Greece . |
7 | Erm as far as the , the numbers of staffing are concerned , I would repeat what the er treasurer has already said and that is we do not know the conditions attached to these grants yet , if any . |
8 | Yes , he replied , if I would send him the postage . |
9 | And I would buy you the most |
10 | I , I 'm looking to see if Dr 's there because if he were me , or if I was him , I would say what the commissioner alleges is neither known nor admitted . |
11 | The March of Progress has alas transformed the goodly white bread into that unique substance , restaurateur 's toast , while tea and coffee are replaced by gin-and-tonic or a bottle of white wine , and for my part I would say none the worse for that . |
12 | ‘ I would rate them the most improved team in the land over the past year . |
13 | If the crew was here I would play you the video of the Verdi Requiem . |
14 | I would call it the instinct for survival rather than for selfishness . |
15 | So I told my proposer to let my name stand , and said I would accept whatever the ballot box decided , but would not play there again if the vote went against me . |