Example sentences of "would have me " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if they 'd have me .
2 ‘ You 'd have me stop drinking , too , I 've no doubt .
3 For two hours he 'd have me swimming after a brush held in front of my nose , while he set the pace up and down the side of the baths .
4 I 'd marry you tomorrow if you 'd have me .
5 ‘ You 'd have me fight him ? ’
6 I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp .
7 They 'd have me out on my nose ! ’
8 In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay .
9 So he answered that that might not be , that he would have me whether I would or no , and that my brother was of his opinion in this matter .
10 That time she 'd told me how lonely and abandoned she felt when she was with her husband , those confessional words , ‘ lonely and abandoned ’ , which usually would have me cringing all over the place , made me shiver .
11 I gather that this is regarded as a controversial procedure in certain circles , but any criticism on the lines of wastage of resources on a dying man would have me to contend with .
12 ‘ Not that she would have me in any event . ’
13 He and his friends would have me scoffed and hounded out of the county rather than see my house completed .
14 Someone from a hostel in London came to see me and said they would have me , so when I went to court in Sheffield the judge decided to put me on bail for four weeks , on condition that I stayed at the hostel and that I did n't drink , and also if I attended the Jules Thorn psychiatric unit , which is part of St Pancras Hospital , for a ten-day assessment .
15 I 'd made it clear that by the time I reached sixteen I wanted out — I could n't get out any sooner because no school in London would have me .
16 ‘ You would have me give them that satisfaction too ? ’
17 PAMELA : I would beg one favour of your ladyship , that if you would have me keep my distance you will not forget your own degree .
18 I suppose you would have me conclude you are my brother 's wife ?
19 I only know what you would have me be . ’
20 ‘ You would have me remain what I was , ’ Suragai said , ‘ and alter the rest . ’
21 But it will happen … not quite yet but at the point where he will no longer hinder me with the pretence that he would have me stay .
22 ‘ Nothing that may not be answered by the prayer that Mr Frere would have me join . ’
23 In desperation I took a typing course and moved fifty miles down the road to here , to the first job which would have me .
24 It could have been just relief that someone would have me .
25 And now you would have me add yours ?
26 ‘ You really believe Matilda would have me killed — tonight ? ’
27 Yes , I own my own cab but the real mushers would have me if I took a fare . ’
28 Did you think that no one would have me ? ’
29 ‘ Nothing with you is the way it looks — so you would have me believe , ’ observed Marc with a sardonic downward glance .
30 ‘ Taylor told me he would have me watched in future games .
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