Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll retire , of course , but I 'd like more time to lay my plans . |
| 2 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 3 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 4 | So , in closing I would to take this opportunity to apologise for a late magazine last Autumn , it was the only hiccup in the new system , and assure members that , despite losing our magazine to outsiders for a little while , it is well worth it … happy reading . |
| 5 | Instead I would advise that person to wait until the economy picks up , and maybe then there will be an increase in demand . |
| 6 | ‘ But I would like enough money to have a nice home of my own — and to be able to set my mother and my brothers up somewhere else . |
| 7 | I would like this book to reflect ( the ) gradual de-emphasis of sculptural concerns ’ . |
| 8 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
| 9 | Financial management advice and services has continued to be provided by Napier University Ventures Limited and I would take this opportunity to thank Ed Angus and all his staff for the hard work and support they give to the Enterprise Centre . |
| 10 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
| 11 | I would ask this committee to keep this in the programme and to monitor the situation as it goes along . |
| 12 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
| 13 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
| 14 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 15 | In some cases , a Zuwayi who had unwittingly offended someone would constrain that person to forgive him by offering compensation and sacrificing animals to him . |
| 16 | The workhouse visitors , who functioned as a house committee , had noted that the supply of water to the workhouse had failed on several occasions , and they expressed the hope that an adequate supply would be forthcoming quickly , ‘ which would enable each person to have a fresh quantity for his or her bath ’ . |
| 17 | All Divisions were expected to do this , which would enable National Council to consider the level of Divisional grants . |
| 18 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 19 | Is n't it also true that the European union or community or whatever you like to call it , is also intending to introduce a compulsory identity card in the form of a smart card carrying details of the citizen 's health , but which would have ample room to put all sorts of other things on . |
| 20 | Parental leave — which would allow either parent to take time off when a child is born — has been blocked by Britain for several years . |
| 21 | as if she 'd allow any man to pay her mortgage ! |
| 22 | ‘ I do wish you 'd make some effort to grow up , ’ said my mother before she could stop herself , for she did n't want her future son-in-law to know how much I could irritate her . |
| 23 | Very simply put , you 'd have one amp to deal with the low end and one to deal with the upper mid of your bass signal . |
| 24 | That you 'd have married Antoinette to possess them . |
| 25 | ‘ I should n't have thought you 'd have any reason to stay longer . ’ |
| 26 | You 'd expect the productivity to fall would n't you , if you were actually operating a fax service because you 'd save , you 'd take more time to monitor it |
| 27 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 28 | She certainly had not been able to learn to swim when the other children did ; in fact she had constantly been in trouble at school because she would invent any excuse to avoid even going near the swimming pool . |
| 29 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 30 | If he went on like this she was n't even sure she would have enough composure to return to Vienna and resume her church and radio work . |