Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [vb pp] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they had been , they 'd never have allowed me to mix with their children . |
| 2 | ‘ If anything had happened to your precious boat , or we 'd both drowned , you 'd never have let me forget — ’ Her voice trailed off as she recognised the absurdity of what she was saying . |
| 3 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 4 | He would really have liked me to do medicine , but I showed no interest in biology , which seemed to me to be too descriptive and not sufficiently fundamental . |
| 5 | Except call in the Bow Street Runners , although your mama would even have had me do that , she was so distraught . ’ |
| 6 | My father would never have let me start digging up our graveyard for family pets otherwise , so off they had to go , departing this life in the rather undignified garb of half a badminton shuttlecock . |