Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the last thing in the world you 'd want would be to give up this opportunity Monsieur Verveine has given you . |
| 2 | All you have to do is answer three simple questions , complete the following sentence , ‘ If I had bigger breasts , the first thing I 'd do would be … , ’ and send your answers in on a fax with coupons from any three GenTech products . |
| 3 | The first thing I 'd do would be to point out , in the gentlest possible way , of course … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That way all you 'd see would be tourists , shop windows and the back of an awful lot of taxis . |
| 5 | If he looked behind him ( he did n't have a mirror ) , all he 'd see would be a black cab . |
| 6 | situation I 'd suspect will be addressed within that other part , I did mention in my presentation that there are a number of inter-related problems here , I can trace about four or five , all of which have a chain reaction one upon the other , unfortunately Brandon is up front so we 've got to tackle it from the other direction . |
| 7 | What I 'd like would be a biggish house , Victorian , perhaps . |
| 8 | ‘ What I 'd like would be for him to go back to that first wife of his . ’ |
| 9 | I can imagine when you did it Daniel you 'd like would be recording you and Honey having a conversation , forget it was on , start having a shag , yeah , and then like get this tape of you and Honey having sex What ? |
| 10 | And the last words you 'd hear would be : You 'd never get me in one of those things . |
| 11 | If you were in my ward , the first thing you 'd get would be a jolly good haircut . |
| 12 | ‘ The fight I 'd love would be against McMillan and it nearly happened before he lost his WBO title . |
| 13 | The most he 'd say would be ‘ Come on now , ease up . |
| 14 | the biggest thing I 'd shoot would be a little bird |
| 15 | Can I ask you who you would think would be to blame for that accident ? |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by any person on whom a notice could be served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there such information or documents as are specified in the authority , being information or documents that could have been required by such a notice ; but the Bank shall not authorise any person to act under this subsection unless it has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed , tampered with or destroyed . |
| 17 | That is a reasonable proposition because , if the Minister is sincere , the last thing that he would want would be to rush in to sell-offs when the buy-out teams were not ready to participate . |
| 18 | I was told that the last thing a parish priest coming in would want would be to take place before he |
| 19 | I if I was a building the last thing I would want would be people gawping at me . |
| 20 | The first adjustment I would make would be to try positioning the three to six No. 6 shot at one inch gaps , starting ten inches from the hook as in diagram A. |
| 21 | ‘ The only qualifications they would need would be common sense , a judicial temperament and an elementary knowledge of the limited aspects of the law which are applicable to such disputes , ’ Lord Donaldson said . |
| 22 | All you would need would be to find a nearby black hole . |
| 23 | I mean basically he 's put that into account and then it 's how much will they need on top of that so he total that he would need would be three hundred and seventy thousand pounds of which there is a hundred seventy thousand so the shortfall 's twenty thousand , or two hundred thousand . |
| 24 | Even the types of particles that were eventually emitted by the black hole would in general be different from those that made up the astronaut : the only feature of the astronaut that would survive would be his mass or energy . |
| 25 | Islanders correctly realized that such employment as the mine would bring would be short-term , while any damage done would remain after the mining company left . |
| 26 | ‘ If the Prince of Wales does not succeed she 's the one person people would feel would be acceptable . |
| 27 | In the first place all they would do would be to redistribute ownership ( probably ) amongst existing groups . |
| 28 | One of the first things that the Labour party would do would be to change the law to make it easier for trade unions to strike . |
| 29 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 30 | Th what Labour would do would be ring fence the money , that 's what Labour would do and I 'll come on to that later if you give me a chance . |