Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 2 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 3 | I would rather starve in a ditch than accept the fortune of a monarch upon such wicked terms . |
| 4 | I would rather die in a glorious cause than to succeed because I never set anything to go for . |
| 5 | I would rather die like a dog than be forced to grovel like one in the name of peace . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Dods , of Coatham House Farm , Coatham Mundeville , said : ‘ When I was young I would barely get on a bus on my own but I got so much out of Young Farmers . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a positive thing , but then I would n't go to a Vets race that was n't in some way useful to me . |
| 8 | I would n't go to a doctor there because of this malignant thing so I just managed till we came back |
| 9 | I would n't go to a neighbouring track to watch . |
| 10 | I would n't go on a Sunday . |
| 11 | But I know I would n't stop with a second opinion . |
| 12 | I removed my flake-laden pom-pom inside , dashed it on my knee , and stayed bare-headed a while , so that I would n't appear like a nut bent on an assassination mission . |
| 13 | but thing is there 's a lot lot of like Lee 's friends and that and they say well I could n't work in a shoe shop and I would n't work in a , and I say why ? |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't try for a rebooking for a while , ’ she said , sipping her drink . |
| 15 | I would n't part with a bent peseta for your life now . ’ |
| 16 | Neither my wins in the European Championships and European Cup nor my two British records had ever made the front page — but the fact that I would n't run in a relay team had . |
| 17 | I end up wanting to look thinner ; I 'd like to have a big nose because I am fed up with people telling me mine is ‘ cute' ; I 'd like to have naturally dark eyebrows and eyelashes , so I would n't look like a heroin addict without any make-up on ; straighter teeth , no spots and a better haircut . |
| 18 | I would n't hesitate for a moment to lie my teeth off if it was either useful or necessary . |
| 19 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
| 20 | Well you know er , as I said , I think really an awful lot of it is in your own perception of , I mean what someone here might call emotional abuse , I would just regard as a challenge . |
| 21 | Usually , to please Father , I would also go on a quick visit to one of his shops and sometimes I wondered if they were doing as well as he pretended . |
| 22 | Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’ |
| 23 | The first is of no value , and the second I would not touch with a barge pole . |
| 24 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
| 25 | We looked for this in vain , though I would not deny for a moment the complete sincerity of Michael Crawford and Sarah Long . ’ |
| 26 | In some cases , where the family is prepared to take special care of their loved ones , I would happily agree to a patient , or rather a writer , going home . |
| 27 | I would therefore vote for a Labour candidate only if he or she guarantees opposition to the party manifesto 's support for abortion to the extent of denying the Whip . |
| 28 | I would therefore ask for a sense of proportion over the future of general practice , along with some breadth of vision and tolerance for alternative types of general practice . |
| 29 | Yeah that 's right no reflection on you it 's just that I 'm thinking oh I ca I just ca n't see the time when I would ever drive through a gap like that that confidently that 's all . |
| 30 | I thought of Fringe and the Downs and wondered if I would ever ride in a race , and I thought of Ronnie Curzon and publishers and American rights and of Erica Upton 's reviews and it all seemed as distant as Ursa Major but not one whit as essential to my continued existence . |