Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd like my mother to do the same . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd like my fiancé to do the traditional thing and ask my father for his permission to marry me , but he says that no one does this any more . |
| 3 | If departure from the wording depends on the testator 's intention , then this involves the assumption that the settlor would prefer his granddaughter to obtain the estate rather than the heir ( whoever that may be ) of his last surviving son to do so . |
| 4 | Sometimes Bernard would make his wife leave the room , telling her , ‘ This is boys ’ business ' and she would meekly obey . |
| 5 | We do n't run RYA certificate courses here , since that would hinder your ability to explore the island . |
| 6 | This is consistent with the evidence of the husband in cross-examination : ‘ [ Mr. Bunn ] told me he would need my wife to sign the charge too . ’ |
| 7 | She would watch her granddaughter wash the doorstep and come out to comment : |
| 8 | It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone barn in Buckinghamshire . |
| 9 | Gen. Vladimir Kryuchkov , the KGB chairman , made an unscheduled nationwide television broadcast on Dec. 11 in which he pledged that KGB troops would do their utmost to prevent the Soviet Union 's collapse by continuing to " act as a barrier against those forces which seek to push the country towards chaos " . |
| 10 | Duncan had taken Leeming 's hand , promised him that he would do his utmost to find the family and deliver them safe from harm . |
| 11 | Still , it would give her time to discuss the subject over a sandwich with Joanna . |
| 12 | I would begin my much-loved cleaning the moment they all left for the pub , and in pursuit of domestic perfection removed the cushions from the couch to find the little brown eye-dropper-bottle . |
| 13 | The federal government is proposing changes in the nuclear energy law that would remove its obligation to subsidize the development of nuclear power . |
| 14 | I would like your help upgrading the 2286DD to the equivalent of a 2286HD which I believe will be more than sufficient capacity for his school work . |
| 15 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |
| 16 | At the end of the meeting , the head of the Icelandic delegation , Gudmundur Eriksson , said that he would recommend his government to leave the organization and resume commercial whaling at the earliest opportunity . |
| 17 | Announcing the decision in Islamabad , the head of the local USAID office , James Norris , said that the agency would honour its commitment to allocate the remaining US$464,000,000 of a US$4,000 million aid package agreed in 1987 , to allow projects to continue until 1994 . |
| 18 | SOME of these difficulties might be avoided if the United Nations would broaden its approach to consider the possibility of punishing what are now called international crimes . |
| 19 | To avert all this , you could find yourselves involved in prolonged negotiation , and even litigation , which would diminish your ability to run the business and swallow resources . |
| 20 | It would help your understanding to revise the anatomy and physiology of respiration before proceeding with this section . |