Example sentences of "i would [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'd first try going east . |
| 2 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 3 | ‘ Much as I myself desire to accompany my lord , being a minor and not fully wed , I would first need my mother 's permission — such would take time , alas ! |
| 4 | I would first like to thank you for your ‘ Singer Specials ’ . |
| 5 | I would first like to explain your obligations on an issue which has caused a great deal of concern and confusion for returners by being made to appear much more complicated than it actually is . |
| 6 | But I would first start with a slightly wider issue . |
| 7 | So I would first urge that we get that paper out to us as soon as possible . |
| 8 | I would that ! |
| 9 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
| 10 | I was secretly hoping I would one day find a way of escaping and returning to my own country . |
| 11 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 12 | Well I would nineteen maybe nineteen eighteen be near the finish of the war . |
| 13 | That , I mean , the , the appointments what Jane and Linda do make me , I 'll be honest , they 're quality appointments , not all of them but I would sixty , seventy percent of them are good quality appointments . |
| 14 | And , in fact er I would hopeful that you will be feel better . |
| 15 | Instead of answering Would you like a glass of beer ? with Yes I would like a glass of beer we can just say Yes I would knowing that like a glass of beer will be understood . |
| 16 | ‘ I had a phone call from the Anglo-Scots asking if I would interested in playing for them or for Scotland . |
| 17 | Now , when you are entering into a contract , and I wonder if you could send this to the to the chairman er your letter er of erm contract because to have a contract which can be varied in its cost always upwards is a very dangerous contract and I would interested to see the contract that is supplied which does not control price . |
| 18 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 19 | I think I would some of the time , but I would n't mind another job because being a journalist is very hectic . |
| 20 | Until the mid 1970s I fished for bream like I would any big , fish with stout rod , 5-6lb line straight through to bombs and size 8 hooks . |