Example sentences of "i would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes I would hold her lightly by the finger-tips and try to steer the conversation to matters of the heart , but she would blush and her beautiful eyes look down .
2 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 .
3 Parting from Mala would be painful , and I would miss her .
4 But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’
5 They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling .
6 " Whatever it cost I would face it . "
7 Whatever the image of Brent , now and in the past , I would applaud it , in my time there , for honestly addressing issues of selection policy that most other authorities were too faint-hearted to address [ the ad hominem attack is typical ] .
8 You know , but again , you know , I would throw mine away .
9 I would liken them to the Hitler Youth Movement — using intimidating tactics to try to control those who come to matches and deterring decent fans from watching us , ’ said Jobson , whose Southend side have now gone nine League matches without a win .
10 When I deciphered one I would announce it to all and sundry .
11 I would suppose it was shortly after four o'clock that I left the guest house and ventured out into the streets of Salisbury .
12 I would cheat him that way .
13 So I would give her Penelope , she 's one of the moss , er it 's pink , it 's er repeat flowering , it flowers all season which some of the others do n't and a yellow one Graham Thomas I think would be my other choice .
14 I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up .
15 I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute .
16 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 .
17 Little children need to starve no more as I would give them a big food store .
18 A house for everyone to live in is something else I would give them .
19 As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup .
20 As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach .
21 ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said .
22 I said I would give them to him only if he later gave me his weapon .
23 At times I would give him more sedation than other times because of the course of the illness .
24 I would give him sons , ’ said Primaflora .
25 I would give him companions for the years to come .
26 I would give him English lessons .
27 I would give him a fresh buttonhole every day to go to the university until he said he did n't like it .
28 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 .
29 I begin to think that Mike Gatting may have lost it , but the Second Test is at Lord 's , his home ground and I would give him one more chance .
30 ‘ I said I would give him my pilot sunglasses if he gave me his weapon .
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