Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Instead I would advise that person to wait until the economy picks up , and maybe then there will be an increase in demand . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | I would like this book to reflect ( the ) gradual de-emphasis of sculptural concerns ’ . |
6 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I would ask this committee to keep this in the programme and to monitor the situation as it goes along . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
12 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 ’ . |
15 | All Divisions were expected to do this , which would enable National Council to consider the level of Divisional grants . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Parental leave — which would allow either parent to take time off when a child is born — has been blocked by Britain for several years . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | ‘ 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
24 | She loved her parents , and her parents ' farm , and she loved Uncle Willi , and Georg , and their farm , and she would hate that world to change . |
25 | Maat wore a single ostrich feather in the centre of her forehead ; one of her tasks was to weigh the souls of dead men for OSIRIS , and she would use this feather to test and redress any imbalance in the Scales of Truth . |
26 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
27 | ‘ You would betray this woman to save yourself ? ’ asked the first voice . |
28 | If you think you would like professional help to draw up your c.v. , there are several firms that specialize in doing this , and they generally advertise in the personal columns of the upmarket daily newspapers . |
29 | If you would like some help to decide which account is right for you , talk to one of our Personal Bankers . |
30 | Now we would expect that justification to emerge from this examination and in due course to be embodied in the er lower case script for the alteration itself . |