Example sentences of "and [pron] would give " in BNC.

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1 Buckley 's Grimsby Town have won five and drawn one of their last six to ease within sight of the famous names at the top — and nothing would give him greater satisfaction than to leave them behind at the end of the season .
2 Sparrowgrass will probably start favourite as his form is consistently good , but as you ask , very likely the best horse , the one with most potential for the future , is Mercer Lorrimore 's Voting Right , and I would give that one the edge . ’
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 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 .
5 Yes , I think it 's totally clear that what we need is a short message , and it 's a white paper , and therefore it 's inviting a message , so what we really need is a short message to go with the A B C and the government act on the two S P's and I would give an undertaking at this point that it will go under the chief environmental health officers ' name .
6 But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know .
7 ‘ You know , a great solo could be in a shitty song and who would give a shit ?
8 Lady Kitty 's wardrobes were crammed with clothes , and she would give those for which she had no further use to someone with little money — in exchange for some of their coupons , of course .
9 ‘ It breaks my back , my neck — ’ And she would give a little laugh , unclasping a heavy bracelet : ‘ It breaks my wrist too . ’
10 After some discussion , they felt that there was nothing else to be found on this site until the next ploughing and they would give it a miss until then .
11 And they would give us food , ’ said Libab .
12 Cameron passed it by , the man could stew in his choler for a while , and when the dark came on and his servants and womenfolk grued at every owl-call or salmon-splash from the river , his defiance would burn lower and he would give his name .
13 And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’
14 But you see , you , you see , you could , you could have your goods then you 'll be paying on the slip and he would give you a slip you see .
15 You would n't be a real beginner and it would give you an interest when I 'm busy . ’
16 It would be the best thing for him and it would give his family some peace . ’
17 I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright .
18 Without the ERM , countries could competitively devalue their currencies : that would prove as inflationary in future as it has in the past , and it would give rise to the sort of trade frictions that plague the relationship between America and Japan , or worse .
19 and it would give off nitrate would n't it ?
20 And it would give Doctor Who a far greater visual continuity as there would be no need to worry about give-and-take discussions with formal Effects Designers .
21 The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures .
22 And it would give us a chance to talk , Folly , ’ he added softly .
23 She 's your sister and it would give you a break .
24 ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along .
25 I 'm certain forging will have no difficulty copying it and it would give Mr Devlin the photo he wanted . ’
26 And it would give us a whole new time perspective , would n't it ?
27 Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please .
28 ‘ I am sure putting up lights would not cost a lot and it would give us peace of mind . ’
29 This year , the second on from the Festival is still proving to be a bumper one for individual membership ; we are now well in to the 900 's and it would give great satisfaction and joy to all if the magic figures ‘ 1000 ’ could appear in the membership book lovingly kept by the Treasurer and Secretary .
30 But the people who built them — the thirty or forty people possibly at the most in Oxford who built those houses — it would solve their problems and it would give them a completely new slant on life to have built their own houses .
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