Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Who 'd want undressing by a maid , ’ said Jessica , ‘ if they had you to do it for them ? |
2 | Well , it well , it well yeah , it has to be rather awkward to read that I think , I do n't think I 'd fancy having a go at Norwegian . |
3 | ‘ I 've just heard that Harry Pollitt is addressing a meeting in Parkhead and I wondered if you 'd fancy coming with me ? ’ |
4 | I do n't I do n't know that I 'd fancy doing , I mean I did like biology , but I do n't think I 'd specifically want to do the biology at the level that they 're doing it up there , cos it 's too much of a jump from what I 've ever done before |
5 | ‘ We were wondering if perhaps you 'd consider taking a more high-profile role in the company ? ’ |
6 | ‘ To put it bluntly , we wondered whether you 'd consider taking a sabbatical for six months or so from your backroom job to liaise direct with Carlisle Flint ? |
7 | If that 's what yer want yer 'd better ask Annie if she 'd consider workin' all day instead o' jus ' the mornin 's . ’ |
8 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
9 | I thought that see as we 've given them five hundred before , perhaps you 'd consider giving them , perhaps two hundred and fifty this time . |
10 | It 's astonishing they 'd consider giving work to a man who 's committed such a crime . |
11 | And , at one point , Malcolm must have asked him if he 'd consider coming over to join the band , because Hell wrote to us via him saying that it sounded interesting but that because money and visas would be a problem he just could n't . |
12 | especially if I were to actually get , if I get that I 'd consider going if I could get a place in the halls , the residence |
13 | Erm I could n't er you 'd , I 'd need warning of that of course . |
14 | So we 'd need beginning to get a bit more bu But but in terms |
15 | It 'd need painting . |
16 | They 'd have to be , they 'd need trimming |
17 | You have a beautiful body , one I 'd enjoy getting to know thoroughly in other circumstances , ’ he said as he closed the door quietly behind him . |
18 | ‘ I thought you 'd enjoy meeting some of the local people , away from the usual tourist traps . |
19 | ‘ But we 'd enjoy seeing what we could do and , you never know , we might surprise ourselves . |
20 | We 'd enjoy having a boy around the house again , eh , Wix ? ’ |
21 | She looks the type who 'd enjoy letting the police in . ’ |
22 | But we 've both got time to sort , I say , somebody , we 'd enjoy doing it . |
23 | Yeah negative , right , textiles rise faster , the price of textiles rises faster than the general price level , the real increase in textile prices , therefore , we 'd expect providing the first law of demand holds , that we get a negative response consumption , right . |
24 | That 's right yes and erm it was all er , now it is more , more mechanized , but still , they 're still , I do n't know whether they still do it cos I have n't been around Squires I do n't know whether they 'd do casting now , I have n't been down around for years and years , when I erm when I left and then I went into the leather trade and er started to learn leather cutting |
25 | Well they , they , they 'd do visiting like and as you say when they were sick and things like that . |
26 | At least I 'd finish doing something I love … ’ |
27 | You said if I 'd quit bugging you about it , you 'd take me . |
28 | There had to be some around somewhere , from before he 'd quit smoking when he 'd first started to worry about his health . |
29 | She wished he 'd quit doing that to her hand — but she did n't want to move it in case he moved on to her lips . |
30 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |