Example sentences of "[conj] i would [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | My brother said that I would make a good banker . |
| 3 | Today I decided that I would organize a little party tomorrow night . |
| 4 | I also told John Chaplin that I would inform the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington ( the accident investigation authority in the USA ) of the situation so that there would be no question of action being delayed because of poor communications between the UK and the USA . |
| 5 | I 've gone to see my favourite players play — I 'd see them one night and they 'd be phenomenal and I 'd like the show so much that I would go the next night , drive two hours to see it and it would suuuuck ! and that 's just the way it is . ’ |
| 6 | So that I would n't get involved with careers officers I 'd actually make a jump and that I would do the three wise monkeys and Hilary . |
| 7 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |
| 8 | In the early 1960s Dr Beeching , the chairman of the railways , had cut out some of the most unprofitable rail lines and the fear was that I would do the same . |
| 9 | But it is not in the forces involved that I would locate the main divide in Britten 's operas . |
| 10 | Thus I deceived her into thinking that she had scared me , and that I would take the necessary steps to ward off fatality . |
| 11 | Pip may have the wealth and social standing of a gentleman though he is a false one whereas Joe lacks both of these though it is he , along with Herbert that I would call the true gentleman of this book . |
| 12 | ‘ I could not have my revenge on those sub-human creatures who actually killed my father , but I swore to myself that I would find the British Judas who had betrayed him and have revenge . ’ |
| 13 | She never dreamed that I would become a managing director ! |
| 14 | The effect of that would be that I would receive no further written representations after that time . |
| 15 | I felt honoured by the kindness of one or two of your congregation , who happen to be members of the committee , in having written to assure me that I would receive a speedy and unanimous Call , if I would only consent to accept it . |
| 16 | ‘ I think , ’ said the tourist , ‘ that I would like a little rest now . |
| 17 | I spent many hours contemplating ( as we fishkeepers do ) the fact that I would like an extra pond to separate my goldfish from the Koi . |
| 18 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 19 | But I am a modest man and I would welcome a second opinion from the Minister : does he agree or does he disagree ? |
| 20 | No decision has yet been taken on how United Kingdom delegates will be apportioned and I would welcome the hon. Gentleman 's ideas . |
| 21 | That level of contact must certainly be maintained in future under the Commission , and I would expect the national coaches to be co-opted on to the Commission itself as non-voting members . ’ |
| 22 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
| 23 | I would start by throwing Cynthia away and I would sit the little children on a shelf while I swept the crumbs off the floor . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You think that she and I would make a happy married couple . |
| 25 | Under the bishop 's plan he and I were to change places , and while I was on furlough he was to keep both jobs going , and I would do the same on my return . |
| 26 | So and I would extend the same argument to abortion and I would say erm wh what happens in abortion admittedly erm an artificial abortion mean means that presumably a spontaneous abortion has has n't happened , but a modern woman is using extra means that she has er at her disposal , probably to deal with extra problems which evolution originally could not foresee and ultimately her self-interest might be just as well served by having er induced the abortion ultimately as it would by erm by not having but I mean this is just my personal view , and I do n't |
| 27 | ( In later years , adult years , while sitting in London stuffed with wholemeal digestives soaked in tea , I would be filled with the wheat and candour of this smell , and I would hold the digestive as long as I could in my mouth , as if aiming to grasp its exact ingredient and texture , to become its body and its recipe ) . |
| 28 | Well , if there are n't any questions er , I would return to the resolutions , er , separately and I would propose the first one which is an ordinary resolution namely it 's resolution one , set out in the notice of meeting to increase the authorized share capital of the company . |
| 29 | But normally you find that erm both Stan and I would consider the large goods vehicles drivers as being the professionals , because you are driving all the time . |
| 30 | I have a feeling that the subject could be of interest to you and I would appreciate a brief report of the proceedings . |