Example sentences of "would [verb] a lot " in BNC.

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1 Fit and well he 'd make a lot of difference to the England side
2 But he 'd need a lot of shelter to survive .
3 I 'd do a lot for Sue , but a man has to draw the line somewhere . "
4 overpower , you know , creep up on you , I , I 'd , it 'd just get the better of me Eric that 's why I got really the other one you see and that , I , I have n't come to any harm not having it , and erm I 've just got to get rid of this because it 's , I 'd do a lot more Eric if it were n't for the television , I know I 'll miss it when I get rid of it you see , it has been described as a plug-in drug
5 I I think you 'd be er you 'd succeed a lot more in that .
6 They said they 'd give a lot of help .
7 " Some people would give their eyes to — well , they 'd give a lot to have your eyesight at your age . "
8 ‘ I 'd give a lot to know what forensic evidence they 've found . ’
9 Ok agreed , I do n't think we 'd generate a lot of money for those 5 though .
10 ‘ I 'd see a lot more stars when Carmen hit me over the head with it .
11 you 'd see a lot more things of interest and maybe say oh I 'll take it from minus fifteen to plus fifteen .
12 That rudder movement equals braking and so it 's slowing you down , it may look impressive being heeled over like this but I 'd sail a lot faster if the boat were flat .
13 There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants .
14 I 'd work a lot less if I could .
15 But you 'd miss a lot of important points .
16 It 'd cost a lot of money .
17 I 'd lay a lot of money on it !
18 Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences .
19 ‘ You said you 'd read a lot about them . ’
20 ‘ She 'd have a lot to get used to at first , ’ Rose said absently as she scanned through the letter .
21 ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure !
22 So if you just kept your treble clef you 'd have a lot of lines possibly that you were n't using at all .
23 Er it 's not like if you had a lot of people in the flats who were all working up at for example , you 'd have a lot more kind of community spirit going , and a lot , and a lot more common erm feeling , I think , between people .
24 I 'd have a lot more if it was n't for bloody death duties . ’
25 We have someone always there for those who have er , society those who are poor er , women er , many of the issues that we feel very strongly and here , here She had no sort of cultural historic resonance with the nation of Wales but I 'm sure her and the way she approaches her whole ministry would mean that she 'd have a lot of than those of us here in the URC in Wales .
26 She could have it out and she 'd have a lot of fun with it and on it .
27 And then if she says well and , and then I might say but I just would imagine that you 'd have a lot more to do with your life before you thought about settling down and getting engaged to someone .
28 and I thought come into my head , it 's probably complete rubbish but it seems logical at the time which was , if you got rid of er , a lot of the various taxes that they paid and put everything on to VAT , apart from the fact that you 'd be a few , just by upping the rate of VAT they would collect the extra monies , you 'd save a lot of the money you 'd pay in administration costs by , all the various different departments er
29 But it 'd save a lot of hard work if you got rid of quite a lot of it .
30 I mean your mum 'd save a lot of money if she found a l job locally where she did n't have to travel .
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