Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [vb infin] [Wh adv] much " in BNC.
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1 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
2 | Mr Preece said the Four Seasons , in Saltburn , was a top quality home which has boosted interest in the sale but he would not discuss how much was being offered for the different homes . |
3 | He would n't say how much money it had cost him to get married , but did say the money he would have made from Jamie 's maiden win would have helped in a big way . |
4 | He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands . |
5 | He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands . |
6 | He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box . |