Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1981 Seve asked me if I 'd do a few tournaments with him when he came to the States . |
| 2 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 4 | If I say to you , Sarah I 'd like a few words with you . |
| 5 | If I might be so bold , for one who missed out on so much ( and not just in a cricket sense ) , I would offer a few words of advice . |
| 6 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |
| 7 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 8 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 9 | I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet . |
| 10 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 11 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
| 12 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
| 13 | It might not be to everyone 's taste or be able to last for hundreds of years but you have to admit that she would turn a few heads if she appeared sitting casually in your garden . |
| 14 | She would take a few drops directly into the mouth using the pipette whereas previously she had used a teaspoon direct from the 100ml bottle . |
| 15 | Can anyone recommend somebody who would like a few hours a week domestic cleaning ( and maybe occasional catering work ? ) |
| 16 | ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour . |
| 17 | ‘ The dining-room has a most comfortable armchair , if you would like a few minutes , peace . ’ |
| 18 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
| 19 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 20 | If tables could talk , I imagine this one would have a few tales to tell for it is here she has enjoyed repasts with such gossipy Sloanes as Carolyn Bartholomew , Kate Menzies and Millie Dunne . |
| 21 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
| 22 | Whenever they reached an island that was likely to be visited by European sailors again , they would release a few pigs , to run wild , multiply and form a permanent supply of protein — on islands seemingly not well provisioned for humans . |
| 23 | He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all . |
| 24 | If he 'd hit a few bumps in the road , it could have ended up wiping his face out , but he did very , very well . ’ |
| 25 | He told the Congress of People 's Deputies that , while he would make a few personnel changes in his Cabinet , he would not give up his position as Prime Minister until he was sure the reforms had become irreversible . |
| 26 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 27 | And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours . |
| 28 | Did he know he would die a few years later ? |
| 29 | But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence . |
| 30 | Although Creggan preferred in such weather to keep inland he had a natural preference for the coast and on calmer days when the wind abated he would spend a few hours along the shore . |