Example sentences of "would [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | it would throw me completely if you put , if you changed some of the number plates over . |
| 2 | Alternatively , they are matters together with those specifically mentioned below which would influence me against granting an injunction . |
| 3 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 4 | Sebastian 's driver would deliver me to him . |
| 5 | There was sense in which , it was n't really in Pilate 's hands , because Jesus had said to him , if I wanted I would speak to my father , he would send ten legions of angels and they would deliver me out of your hands , Pilate , you have no power over me . |
| 6 | I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences . |
| 7 | I was surprised , certainly , but I did n't think it would affect me too much . ’ |
| 8 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 9 | I came here today to have a look but I did n't think it would affect me the way it has . |
| 10 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 11 | " In the circumstances I felt that you would prefer me to make some money . " |
| 12 | Sometimes she would compare me unfavourably with her ideal daughter-in-law : ‘ So-and-so asks her husband 's mother for recipes . ’ |
| 13 | To have her in my home would … would weaken me . ’ |
| 14 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 15 | I just sat there on that bloody Sag Bag picking bits of Farley 's out of the corduroy and wishing it would open up and the polystyrene granules would swallow me ! |
| 16 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 17 | I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any . |
| 18 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 20 | I knew that was what you would want me to do , sir . |
| 21 | And if you 're setting up your own firm , I 'm sure your dear father would want me to help you start . |
| 22 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 23 | Not that she would want me to keep it now it 's gone this far . |
| 24 | I can never be this … this dream woman whom you 've invented for yourself , nor live as you would want me to . |
| 25 | I will continue with the phototherapy work , as I believe she would want me to . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you think Tess would want me to try and find her ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not sure Dr Kingdom would want me to discuss his work with you . |
| 28 | I was n't — I was n't at all sure your aunt would want me here again , but of course I wanted to come . |
| 29 | I had the feeling that this was the kind of place no one would want me going to , although it was a perfectly innocent visit of curiosity . |
| 30 | It had n't sunk in that you would want me to go with you . ’ |