Example sentences of "as [pers pn] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that this ‘ agreement ’ , or settlement as I would prefer to call it , had only been viable when lesbians and gays tolerated their own oppression , tolerated homophobic behaviour , tolerated heterosexist indoctrination , tolerated liberal tolerance . |
| 2 | Secondly , even if he did hate humanity — or was profoundly unimpressed by it , as I would prefer to say — was he wrong ? |
| 3 | I move away as I would prefer to talk with someone from the same planet . |
| 4 | Since I accept his primary submission I do not find it necessary to consider his other options , but I observe that in every case they would involve the court in a far more creative exercise in framing the law , which I doubt we would be entitled to undertake , than by holding as I would do that a corporate public authority has no right to sue for the tort of defamation and is to be left , if necessary , to such other rights as it may have , in particular the right to sue for malicious falsehood . |
| 5 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 6 | I grip the baseball bat with a hand at either end as I would grip the handlebars of a bike . |
| 7 | I found cranking the boat over on its side did not help to turn it ( in the opposite direction ) as much as I would expect in a sea kayak . |
| 8 | Much as I would love to see the 1995 World Cup help to kickstart the South African economy as overseas visitors pour in to fill impressive stadia and savour the beauty of the land , the facts are that as things stand rugby will be used as a political pawn . |
| 9 | ‘ Much as I would love to claim all the credit , I must point out that my part in this rescue was very small indeed . |
| 10 | you know , you just want to sit back and er as far as I would think is to keep calm and say well I , I am right , you know , erm but without being too forceful in that way because then that would put them off |
| 11 | Yes , now I would n't slur those quite so much as I would make that all legato . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 13 | I think that 's really as far as I would want to go . |
| 14 | Little children need to starve no more as I would give them a big food store . |
| 15 | My crew were never aware of my lapse and I am just as ashamed to tell this story today as I would had I told it 45 years ago . |
| 16 | Well , we 've made some progress in some areas , but not as much as I would 've liked , although I intend to keep working at it . |
| 17 | Yes er we 've five games now and er although we have n't won as as many as I would 've liked at least erm we 've stayed unbeaten . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | " I can only treat Dr Dunstaple as I would treat any of my patients and I fear that your father would not agree to my methods . |
| 20 | My Lords , as I would submit , the report contains a great deal which confirms and nothing which contradicts the interpretation of the word ‘ appropriates ’ which I have preferred , and a comparison of the Act with the draft Bill gives no support to the contrary view . |
| 21 | Not every day , nor as often as I would wish , but I took my middle daughter to see it yesterday and we hugged it together , and two days before that I hugged it with a friend . |
| 22 | By now it had become clear that the way to approach the show would be to do the linking material as near to Joyce 's as I could , but to do the sketches very much more as I would approach them as an actress . |
| 23 | As I would put it , not only is justice not seen to have been done but there is no way , in the absence of reasons from the board , in which it can be judged whether in fact it has been done . |
| 24 | The basic ground rules that determine whether a new settlement concept does as I would put it get into the starting gate . |
| 25 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 26 | Much as I would enjoy debating this matter with the hon. Gentleman , whom I might also call my hon. Friend , I do not wish to go down this path . |
| 27 | He shook his head as much as I would allow him to . |
| 28 | I am fascinated by the use of the English language , I do not wish to undermine it , but , as I would argue , it does overtly undermine 50 percent of its users ( i.e. women ) . |
| 29 | ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . ) |
| 30 | For these technical reasons , the Audio Visual machine is much more advanced , and would not have to upgraded within a relatively short time , as I would fear with the 3M machine . |