Example sentences of "i would [vb infin] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his Grace 's goodwill , I would offer you a night 's lodging here in the safety of the abbey hospice , and tomorrow you shall have escort to bring your father to the audience . |
| 2 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 3 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 4 | Little children need to starve no more as I would give them a big food store . |
| 5 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I would give him a fresh buttonhole every day to go to the university until he said he did n't like it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I would give it a year |
| 10 | ‘ If I thought you were serious , I would give you a thick ear ! |
| 11 | I would give you a ring but erm |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 14 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 15 | ‘ I would make her a long , single-breasted jacket with a nipped-in waist , long sleeves and a stand-up mandarin collar to keep out the cold . |
| 16 | I debated whether to call on him to kill him for his slanders before I came here to try to see her , and ask her to have me back — if you think I would make her a suitable husband , that is . |
| 17 | I said I would make them a hundred butterfly cakes , and they either they 'll eat them or they 'll sell them , and I 'll hav I 'll try and have them ready for when rings up at half past one and if they sell them and she brings me any I would n't mind knocking a few more up for tomorrow , but I 'm not gon na give them all |
| 18 | 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 . ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And then before eight o'clock then I would make myself a big meal , I 'd have a , a huge salad I 'd do tinned potatoes cos they were , on this diet tinned potatoes are n't fattening |
| 21 | " … I would think it a sufficient detriment to the confider that information given in confidence is to be disclosed to persons whom he would prefer not to know of it , even though the disclosure would not be harmful to him in any positive way . " |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I would send him a script , but he never turned one down . ’ |
| 24 | Yes , he replied , if I would send him the postage . |
| 25 | I said if he beat Bruno , I would pay him a king 's ransom to come back and fight Mike Tyson in London . |
| 26 | I would pay them a visit this evening , our fifth day in Normandy . |
| 27 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 28 | I would consider myself an old-fashioned painter . ’ |
| 29 | But I would consider it a great honour and privilege if you would allow me to help you overcome this disadvantage by making you a gift of whatever you may need . ’ |
| 30 | For one man to achieve the supreme state of Cosmic Consciousness , a state of absolute serenity , perfect peace and harmony , boundless knowledge and universal understanding , should this require the application of a thousand stout sticks , I would consider it a small price to pay . |