Example sentences of "would give me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing would give me greater pleasure . ’ |
| 3 | Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see Eire not qualify . |
| 4 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 5 | I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I would , gladly , if I knew ; it would appear to be the quickest way of getting rid of you , and that , Mr Whoever-you-are , would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |
| 9 | Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please . |
| 10 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure , my dear child . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure , too . ’ |
| 12 | If we knew what price were at then it would give me more er confidence to know where we stand and how to go about it . |
| 13 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're the only one whose untimely end would give me intense pleasure . |
| 15 | I wish he would give me some of that , I 'm flipping starved . |
| 16 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 17 | In fact , I took three — I figured this would give me some insurance — then retired to a new seat to watch the board . |
| 18 | I did n't mind this ; I was happy just to be there , hoping that one day she would give me some of the pretty wool to make something for myself but she never did . |
| 19 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 20 | ‘ It would give me some sort of starting point . ’ |
| 21 | So it , would , would give me some aggression then would it ? |