Example sentences of "would [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every hour the assistant on duty had to read the instruments , make a note of the wind speed and direction , the visibility , the cloud , precipitation ( if any ) , and whether the barometer was rising or falling , and then stand by to teletype the details in code to Group Headquarters , who in turn would transmit it to Bomber Command . |
| 2 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 3 | Sebastian 's driver would deliver me to him . |
| 4 | Under the terms of the truce and the modifications agreed to it on 27 June , the siege of Quimperlé would be lifted , Duke John would withdraw his army from Brittany , Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte would be handed over to papal mediators who would deliver it to the King of France when the truce expired , and the English would receive 40,000 francs in compensation . |
| 5 | " Mrs Plant , " Timothy said quite softly , and Mr Plant whispered that if he issued another sound he would thump him to a pulp . |
| 6 | I stored away that plural ; one day I would mimic it to someone . |
| 7 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 8 | And so they decided they did n't want their house any more and they would lease it to citizen . |
| 9 | So I would prefer them to be assessed in that way than to post them off , and I 'm glad we 've got that choice … |
| 10 | She did n't really want him , of course but she simply had to prove to herself that he would prefer her to Sally , given the choice . |
| 11 | And my aunt said , Well I would prefer her to if that 's what she wants to do and she 's gon na learn something that might be a benefit to her later on in life . |
| 12 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 13 | I personally would prefer us to be looking at some way of allowing greater scope for debate at section conferences , and where necessary to have decisions on general issues deferred to Congress for ratification or withdrawal . |
| 14 | Domestic oil interests , mindful of Mr Bush 's background as an oilman , would prefer there to be more emphasis on encouraging domestic production . |
| 15 | Jonathan Fry , director of Yorkshire and Humberside Low Pay Unit : ‘ We welcome the new tax rate of 20p in the £ for the first £2,000 of taxable income although we would prefer it to be even lower . |
| 16 | So really you 're , you 're , you , you would prefer it to be under your name |
| 17 | They rushed out into Regent 's Park — out of earshot — and Simon told her , yes of course he was forcing her hand , it was blackmail : he did love her so , she was the right one for him and he 'd take her tomorrow on five hundred pounds , if someone would lend them to him , and he did rather fancy himself as a married man at twenty-one . |
| 18 | Materials with interesting sound effects would lend themselves to this kind of treatment . |
| 19 | They wanted stories that would lend themselves to lurid headlines such as FOR GOD 'S SAKE GO ! |
| 20 | He would lend himself to a deluge ; she would imagine water gushing into a basin . |
| 21 | Now the scholars amongst you will quickly realise that staying in a hotel near Balquhidder would lend itself to terms of geographic convenience to tackling Ben More , Ben Vorlich or even Ben Lawers . |
| 22 | It is a system that would lend itself to any sizeable district general hospital . |
| 23 | We are invited by the story-teller to believe that the part-random , part-intended day-to-day course of life would lend itself to discipline , with a beginning , a middle and an end . |
| 24 | Influencing a short , predictable , product-oriented transaction ( say purchasing a hamburger at a fast food restaurant ) would lend itself to prescriptive training techniques supported by highly specified procedures and standards . |
| 25 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 26 | I do n't Stephen and if I did I definitely would lend it to you . |
| 27 | Women would chain themselves to railings , throw themselves under horses and do a dozen other crazy things in the cause of suffragettism . |
| 28 | I can never be this … this dream woman whom you 've invented for yourself , nor live as you would want me to . |
| 29 | I will continue with the phototherapy work , as I believe she would want me to . |
| 30 | It 's confusing — and I do n't think my mother would want me to — ’ Juliet swallowed and looked up at him . |