Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . "
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Can anyone recommend somebody who would like a few hours a week domestic cleaning ( and maybe occasional catering work ? )
10 ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour .
11 ‘ The dining-room has a most comfortable armchair , if you would like a few minutes , peace . ’
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 And he would ask a few questions , say he 'd been looking for a few hours .
18 Did he know he would die a few years later ?
19 But first he would have a few minutes of self-indulgence .
20 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 .
21 He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him .
22 It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require .
23 Er , in the introductions I did n't stand up and er , introduce myself cos I felt it would steal a few minutes of my er presentation !
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