Example sentences of "that [pers pn] would [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Was it right for me to assume that I would remain senior partner until retirement ? |
2 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
3 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
4 | Eventually she believed my protests that I would prefer Filipino fare ; it appeared — embotedo , lumpia , bulabula — all in a toasted sandwich . |
5 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
6 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
7 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
8 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
9 | I think that I would like those considerations borne in mind by Mr when he 's doing his report , and I 'd like us to have a very open view about what we do with the County Farms . |
10 | You do have to compromise a fair bit and I suppose that I would like more freedom than I 've got . |
11 | You 'd think with my connections at the National Gallery , Washington , and the Virginia Museum and Yale that I would know more people in the field , but I just do n't . |
12 | After I signed , the manager told me that I 'd remember that date for the rest of my life . |
13 | ‘ I told him this was a murder investigation , that I 'd adopt other methods to trace his employer . |
14 | It is partly , it goes without saying , that I 'd like another sentient being who imagines me to be the centre of the universe , but it 's more than that . |
15 | Dejection was again with her next morning , pressing heavily to remind her that she would face another day of visualising Doreen riding knee to knee beside Silas . |
16 | It was , I thought , the last time that she would make sarky remarks about a fellow medium 's performance . |
17 | He said the terms should run concurrently so that she would serve four years . |
18 | Mrs Lynda Chalker , who lost her Wallasey seat to Labour , said yesterday she was delighted that she would remain Overseas Development Minister . |
19 | Sally-Anne had one pain , one memory of which she dared not even think for fear that she would lose all command of herself , one memory which she always pushed away when it tried to attack her . |
20 | ‘ By stating that she would take sick time because her holiday request had been denied , she appeared to be abusing the company sick scheme , ’ said Mrs Proffitt . |
21 | In response the health secretary , Virginia Bottomley , promised that she would consider new legislation on compulsory supervision and treatment of mentally ill people in the community . |
22 | But today for the first time she was certain that even in Paul 's presence she would find the courage to say what she wanted , what she really wanted , in the depth of her soul ; she was certain that she would find this courage even at the price of ruining everything between them . |
23 | Again we assume that she would have young children , children who would normally be expected to be living with her . |
24 | She could recall his hard masculine looks with such clarity of detail that she did n't think that she would have any problem in recreating the image on paper . |
25 | Larissa , 40 , became a teacher so that she would have more time with her children , but she spends most of her spare time in queues . |
26 | She remembered the doctor telling her , as gently as he could , that it was unlikely that she would have more children , and the shocked look on her husband 's face when he heard the news . |
27 | Yes , I heard you , yes , I heard you say the other day , and also did read in the press , where you 've been quoted , Councillor Warby , that you would build various by-passes and no doubt you will be putting , I have n't yet heard any amendments to the capital goal . |
28 | Matron told me that you would have both legs removed . |
29 | You actually have three children under the age of seven , and if your husband died while they were still young , still in education , heaven forbid , but these things still do happen , it might be that you think that you would need more cover at that point in time , than later on , maybe when the children have left home . |
30 | You kindly said that you would call hon. Members next week who had been rising . |