Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’ |
| 2 | And I I would simply draw attention to paragraph two of that report er in the second last sentence in the paragraph it says Well I 'd better actually read the er the whole paragraph . |
| 3 | I would rather taste ash on my tongue than blood in my mouth . |
| 4 | I would like to thank Tom Johnston , Councillor Pat Lally and Professor David Vines , who all left the Board during the year , for their contribution ; and I would again pay tribute to Lord Macfarlane . |
| 5 | ‘ Even if you were the last man on earth — I would n't make love to you , ’ she added bitterly . |
| 6 | ‘ Another reason for setting up my workshop near here was so that I would n't lose touch with my mother . ’ |
| 7 | In fact , whereas I would n't see art as a necessity , I would see the woman as a necessity . |
| 8 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't recommend Tolby to anyone , ’ Henry said earnestly . |
| 10 | I would n't have sex without one now . |
| 11 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 12 | as I said yesterday , if I was a betting man , I would n't have bet on getting anything actually , erm , and the partnership between the County Council and , and the District Council have put together the bid for objective two status in Telford . |
| 13 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 14 | They did n't know I would n't steal money like that . |
| 15 | And then I would just draw attention to the proposals . |
| 16 | And I would also draw attention to a particular consideration namely that between the outer boundary of the greenbelt in that corridor and the area of outstanding natural beauty of the Hills , there is very little distance . |
| 17 | I would not give space to anti-arrhythmics in my bag as a GP . |
| 18 | I would not take office under MacDonald , and yet it would have been impossible to have refused . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , Your Majesty , ’ I mumbled , hoping I would not lose control of my bowels or vomit in sheer terror . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose I have learned that I have been able to survive an experience such as this , which certainly I would not have bet on myself to do . |
| 21 | ( Perhaps if I knew the language , I would not have time for these facile analogies . ) |
| 22 | I would respectfully join issue with this statement on two grounds . |
| 23 | Before I had Scott I would never say boo to a goose . |
| 24 | S Yeah I wo I would basically put money on it being a problem with the the addressing . |
| 25 | No ; she would n't commit suicide after talking . |
| 26 | She would n't take advantage of his friendliness . |
| 27 | She would n't have supper for a start . |
| 28 | ‘ No , ’ she agreed blankly , avoiding his eyes , so that she would n't see distaste in them . |
| 29 | She would n't enjoy sex with another man when she had never enjoyed it with him . |
| 30 | I 'd been so quiet so that she would n't breathe fire on me . |