Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not in the forces involved that I would locate the main divide in Britten 's operas . |
| 2 | When I was released , I was so relieved that I swore I would lead a normal life — no more endless walks . |
| 3 | ‘ If I had my way , I would burn the entire place to the ground and hang Fitzosbert on a scaffold as high as the sky . |
| 4 | I would capture a fresh wasp that afternoon to use the following morning . |
| 5 | And I decided that next day I would draw an honest sketch of myself , and then one of Blanche Ingram , painting the most lovely face I could imagine , according to Mrs Fairfax 's description . |
| 6 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 7 | The hours , well sometimes I would do a double shift which was sixteen hours . |
| 8 | I would do no hard training for a month afterwards and not race for about six weeks ’ |
| 9 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |
| 10 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 11 | It would be the amount of I would anticipate the managed fund . |
| 12 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 13 | To connect these two points , I would stress the obvious point which may be forgotten when one simply looks at the fortunes of particular party organizations . |
| 14 | Instead I warmed up retracing the predawn walk to Cross where I would collect the big rucksack and the last bus to Stornoway . |
| 15 | Mike and I had quickly established a routine : our day would start at 4.30am , when I would cook a massive breakfast to last Mike the whole day . |
| 16 | If I had the opportunity , which I have not had , to go round the rest of Scotland , perhaps I would form the same view of the rest . |
| 17 | I 'd have thought an organisation like Amnesty would be in the forefront of anti-sexism , but I 've come across sexism before where I would expect an enlightened attitude ( eg Greenpeace ) |
| 18 | I would stop the frantic activity and just follow the leads that came my way . |
| 19 | But I would want a constant dialogue , through various means of communication , to learn about what is going on throughout the whole constituency . |
| 20 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 21 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 22 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 23 | And at school they said I would make a good teacher . |
| 24 | I think I would make a lovely doggie model . |
| 25 | A I would make an educated guess and say that the ‘ fungus ’ growing on the bogwood is the result of decaying food . |
| 26 | As I said to the hon. Member for Sheffield , Central , when he was here , I would welcome a five-hour debate on the distribution of grant , which is one of the hardest tasks facing any Government . |
| 27 | But I am a modest man and I would welcome a second opinion from the Minister : does he agree or does he disagree ? |
| 28 | No decision has yet been taken on how United Kingdom delegates will be apportioned and I would welcome the hon. Gentleman 's ideas . |
| 29 | I would welcome an early opportunity to discuss the subject . |
| 30 | To change my metaphor yet again , I would compare the stratigraphical record with music . |