Example sentences of "would [adv] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'd much rather seem a bit weak with Mrs Joe than shout at her , or hurt her , or hit her . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd probably only develop a fetish for coprophagy . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd as soon trust a rattlesnake when he looked at her that way ! |
| 4 | ‘ Les Misérables was quite complicated , so I 'd actually quite like a second go at it . |
| 5 | Often we 'd stalk a herd for days on end , and all that time we 'd never even catch a glimpse . |
| 6 | Everyone knows his feelings for Rangers , And I would most readily do a swop for a number of our players — Gary Stevens , Trevor Steven , Alexi Mikhailechenko , Ally Maxwell , Chris Vinnicome . |
| 7 | I would much rather see a return to the carefree approach by the like of Ballesteros and Lyle . |
| 8 | The child would be cared for ; would not even miss a mother she had never really known … |
| 9 | They could go into land without asking permission and farmers would not even say a word , but that has been upset now . |
| 10 | Rickie would not even try a sandwich , but instead pushed his plate away and lit a cigarette . |
| 11 | My father would not even allow a radio in the house , and when I suggested getting a TV set for him and my mother he adamantly refused , saying that the wireless had been the death of good conversation , and that TV would be the death of the family . |
| 12 | Mrs Crumwallis 's medical ministrations were so notorious for their vagaries that even Toby , a healthy young man with no great tolerance of the sick , would not willingly subject a boy to them . |
| 13 | Firstly , where are the political , legal , and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states ? |
| 14 | Mr Shevardnadze told members of the European Parliament that while the German people had the right to self-determination there would have to be ‘ political , legal and material guarantees that German unity would not eventually create a threat to the national security of other states and to peace in Europe ’ . |
| 15 | For example , an asset such as land would not normally attract a depreciation charge but it would result in principal charges to revenue if it was financed by loan . |
| 16 | This leads to the following definition of economic earnings per share : subject to the restriction which implies that the present value of new external funds must sum to zero over the life of the firm , otherwise the firm would not effectively have a budget constraint . |
| 17 | To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age . |
| 18 | According to the Israelis , when Shamir saw Bush in Washington he was able to get , as the price for no pre-emptive attack on Iraq , a promise that the US would not actually support a conference on the Middle East when the war was over . |
| 19 | Company spokesman John Dodds said the investment would be staggered over a period of time and would not necessarily mean a glut of vacancies in Darlington . |
| 20 | Failure to mark out explicitly the structural organisation of what a speaker wishes to communicate may make the addressee 's task of interpretation more difficult , perhaps , but , by itself , would not necessarily constitute a failure to communicate . |
| 21 | However , the fact that the other local minima found by the algorithm were all less than 0.15% greater than this value indicates that the path length would not necessarily have a minimum coinciding with the best probe order in other data sets containing many repeats , a fact illustrated by chromosome III . |
| 22 | We would not necessarily seek a contribution from the previous insurers where the remedial work required to rectify the damage occurring whilst we are on cover has swamped any pre-existing damage . |
| 23 | Some years ago there was a vet , who besides always smelling of methylated spirits , would always conscientiously swab a horse 's neck with meths before giving an injection . |
| 24 | We may have further suggested that a droplet of rain falling on southern California was as likely as a sincere comment at the Oscars — and that young Californian children would probably never see a cloud in their lifetime . |
| 25 | My reply is that there are many on the dole who do not share this view and who would far rather have a job . |
| 26 | I know dad would n't particularly like a stranger living in . |
| 27 | I would n't exactly say a lady of leisure |
| 28 | She would n't even rent a place , she 'd just start making babies . |
| 29 | Many bands would n't even have a career because their careers were based on Bob Dylan 's songs . ’ |
| 30 | He would n't even find a tin of condensed milk , because his mother always opened tins on the day she bought them . |