Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 2 | I , I would hope even sooner than that . |
| 3 | Indeed , I would go so far as to say that a doctor who continued treatment past this point would be behaving at least unethically , if not unlawfully . |
| 4 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 5 | Bill : I do n't know if anybody feels they have , but this is a thing which I felt was central to the gay movement of the seventies and I think I would go so far as to say that I assume that most of my close friends feel , like Mark , that it 's fine to have special relationships but it is n't fine to have ones where you are n't allowed to have anything else and also that there 's nothing more deadly to a relationship when you are trying desperately not to have it off with anybody else because you feel guilty about it . |
| 6 | I would go so far as to say that one of the main reasons why there are fewer casualties among pedestrians and particularly children in countries such as West Germany is that that country has more flexibility in the use of speed limits . |
| 7 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 8 | She hesitated , then went on , ‘ Yes , Dr Markham , I would go so far as to say that forgetting the past is the only way we 're going to achieve any sort of working relationship . ’ |
| 9 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 10 | The list is endless and I would go as far as to say virtually every ‘ Gold Seal ’ is worth its weight in gold . |
| 11 | I would go as far as to argue that , however well-intentioned and humanitarian the people who undertake a socialist revolution , the logic of their ideology , which is of necessity reflected in the institutions which they create , makes totalitarianism inevitable . |
| 12 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 13 | Well then I would get up there although no . |
| 14 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 15 | I would doubt very much whether you having your hair cut would seriously damage your future together . |
| 16 | It was thought that with strong , carefully chosen ministers , she would do well enough when the time came . |
| 17 | She would not let herself be diverted ; she would go on exactly as she had planned . |
| 18 | I I the way I s I think I think was it Josephine he was married to , then then she would er she would object very strongly if he had a bath before they went to bed together . |
| 19 | She promised herself that she would try once more when she got to work . |
| 20 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 21 | If you had any sense at all you would start back now before they come looking for us . ’ |
| 22 | " Oh yes , indeed , Mr Herriot , I wish you would come as soon as possible . |
| 23 | We would go so far as to suggest that every sheet that carries any part of the answer of question 9 ought to be marked " 9 " in colour , the first one being " 9 Start " the next " 9 Cont 'd " , and the last one " 9 End " . |
| 24 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 25 | Wickham said they would know soon enough because he had sent someone to ask Ayling . |
| 26 | One third of them also admitted they would drive more carefully if they had to buy their own cars and pay all the running and repair costs . |
| 27 | Probably most of those surviving were reasonably active , as they would die rather quickly when they succumbed to their first serious illness at this stage of life . |
| 28 | Now he would sleep as peacefully as his mother and brother in their unmarked grave in the woods . |
| 29 | He would complain as loudly as he would in the midst of a ‘ Carry On ’ situation , and he would talk about it endlessly , but he would do it . |
| 30 | When Lothar himself crossed the Meuse , probably late in September , and announced that he would advance as far as the Seine , Charles 's support in Francia collapsed . |