Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 2 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 3 | So , in closing I would to take this opportunity to apologise for a late magazine last Autumn , it was the only hiccup in the new system , and assure members that , despite losing our magazine to outsiders for a little while , it is well worth it … happy reading . |
| 4 | Instead I would advise that person to wait until the economy picks up , and maybe then there will be an increase in demand . |
| 5 | ‘ I would advise any 14-year-olds to forget about the glamour of Man-chester United and Arsenal and join their local clubs . |
| 6 | ‘ But I would like enough money to have a nice home of my own — and to be able to set my mother and my brothers up somewhere else . |
| 7 | This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone . |
| 8 | I would like this book to reflect ( the ) gradual de-emphasis of sculptural concerns ’ . |
| 9 | Mr Thaw said : ‘ Obviously I would like more people to watch it , but I do n't give a damn what the press say about it . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Thaw said : ‘ Obviously I would like more people to watch it , but I do n't give a damn what the press say about it . ’ |
| 11 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
| 12 | Financial management advice and services has continued to be provided by Napier University Ventures Limited and I would take this opportunity to thank Ed Angus and all his staff for the hard work and support they give to the Enterprise Centre . |
| 13 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 14 | They do n't and to be dramatic they 'd be very , very silly to do so because I would take any step to avoid that happening . |
| 15 | I would ask both communities to throw out the gunmen from their midst . |
| 16 | I would ask this committee to keep this in the programme and to monitor the situation as it goes along . |
| 17 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
| 18 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
| 19 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
| 20 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 21 | She certainly had not been able to learn to swim when the other children did ; in fact she had constantly been in trouble at school because she would invent any excuse to avoid even going near the swimming pool . |
| 22 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 23 | If he went on like this she was n't even sure she would have enough composure to return to Vienna and resume her church and radio work . |
| 24 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
| 25 | She loved her parents , and her parents ' farm , and she loved Uncle Willi , and Georg , and their farm , and she would hate that world to change . |
| 26 | Maat wore a single ostrich feather in the centre of her forehead ; one of her tasks was to weigh the souls of dead men for OSIRIS , and she would use this feather to test and redress any imbalance in the Scales of Truth . |
| 27 | ‘ You would betray this woman to save yourself ? ’ asked the first voice . |
| 28 | I would be most grateful if you would make some inquiries to find out what is preventing DGXI from responding courteously to our invitations ? |
| 29 | ’ If we were still in our own country , Andreas , a man like you would have been married years ago and you would have many children to delight you in your old age . ’ |
| 30 | Almost certainly if you were suffering from such an illness you would have other symptoms to indicate that you were unwell . |