Example sentences of "would [vb infin] you [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for North , ‘ he would either go to jail or be decorated ’ , Secord used to say to Hakim ; and McFarlane told him — as he sat jet-lagged and exhausted in his office the night after a gruelling Iranian session in Frankfurt — that ‘ if the world only knew how many times you have kept a semblance of integrity and gumption to US policy , they would make you Secretary of State . ’ |
| 2 | I am sure your grandmother would have wanted you to spend it on something that would bring you happiness . |
| 3 | Which is would give you County Council . |
| 4 | Quite apart from any other reason , if I charged you rent , it would give you security of tenure . |
| 5 | What would you differentiate that would give you X ? |
| 6 | she 's going , erm because he , he does n't do anything , yeah , and she 's going oh I suppose any other girl would dump you ages ago , you do n't know how lucky you are , she just so nice , blah , blah , blah , blah , and he , I say it was so funny and she start shouting at him , that 's why he was trying to go oh shut up |
| 7 | A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton . |
| 8 | In the shops these stylish , high performance boots would cost you £89.99 ( GT 35 , shown left ) and £84.99 ( Lady GT , shown top left ) . |
| 9 | Normally , it would cost you £2.49 , but we 've 200 to give away to the first readers who write in . |
| 10 | With the old method it would take you hours looking through files , but with the computer you just push a button and it tells you right away . |
| 11 | If you come here once , be prepared to come back again because it would take you years to see all that Crete has to offer . |
| 12 | It it would take you days upon days , in order to get there . |
| 13 | If you were a Kalkadoon woman you would call your father 's mother babi and she would call you babi in return . |
| 14 | Slim in her dungarees , with her long , curly , chestnut hair and wide-eyed enthusiasm , some would tell you Marcia was ‘ a little cookie ’ , but I saw someone who had the wisdom to recognise where she was happy and the courage to act on it . |
| 15 | Milton would get you theatre tickets , special hotel rates , restaurant reservations and still wonder if you needed anything more . |
| 16 | It states that not using a lawyer would save you money initially but that it could be a false economy , particularly if your case goes to the High Court , where your opponent will almost certainly have a solicitor and a barrister . |
| 17 | Madam may feel that having spent so much time in custody for the first offence that he has already suffered sufficient punishment , he 's been kept away from his girlfriend and children , and under those circumstances I would urge you Madam to take a lenient course of action , to make him the subject of a conditional discharge . |
| 18 | I have no idea how many were produced but I would ask you Mr Mayor whether you feel that this expenditure was money well spent ? |