Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm going to snuff it , I 'd rather snuff it with a pint in my fist than one of their bloody mugs of Ovaltine . |
| 2 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 3 | So it was a gun that was only , you 'd only find it in a building ? |
| 4 | No they 'd probably take it as an a as a er er n okay to just go and just |
| 5 | If you stand over Wembley Stadium and pour ice cream into it we 'd almost fill it in a year . |
| 6 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 7 | Evans did admit buying a can of petrol on the way to Birdlip , but he thought White would only use it as a threat to rob Mr Stokle , nothing too serious . |
| 8 | He would only see it as a weakness to be used against her , or worse , as an attempt to ingratiate herself . |
| 9 | I would just leave it for a while |
| 10 | If we were to refer to the light , we would not associate it with an individual object . |
| 11 | ‘ I no longer want full government funding from a government that is going to be dictatorial as hell , which is not to say I would not prefer it under a government of a different kind . ’ |
| 12 | The Apache is better than most in this respect but I would nevertheless regard it as an excellent-four seater with the fifth seat reserved for occasions when no baggage is being carried . |
| 13 | The tasteful domain of the unknown Kettering children , with its bright bedspreads , art reproductions and posters from exhibitions in Florence , had been taken over by the Pargeters , who would soon reduce it to a tip . |
| 14 | No man , however enslaved to beauty , would ever carry it for a woman . |
| 15 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 16 | Erm , but I would n't do it without a father . |
| 17 | Having decided to surrender to his plans for the evening — lunch had been a light one and already the pangs of hunger were making themselves felt — she would n't do it without a token show of resistance . |
| 18 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 19 | But if it was hot , or semi hot , we used to sell it to friends anyway , we would n't sell it to a shop . |
| 20 | hoping the wind would n't catch it like a sail . |
| 21 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 22 | " You would n't put it on a bonfire , either . " |
| 23 | I do n't think that I , I would n't see it as a panic measure . |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 25 | If you had 700 quid in your pocket and you wanted to take a flyer , you would n't spend it on a band comprising ex-members of Clock DVA , would you ? |
| 26 | If Maurin wanted to kill me , surely he would n't attempt it in a public place where he might be recognized . ’ |
| 27 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 28 | Those who have been before would n't touch it with a bargepole and those of more tender years are almost certain to have been warned off anyway . |
| 29 | to think I wish he 'd come back I get back to how life was cos I would n't touch it with a barge pole . |
| 30 | and that 's a bargain , and se you know these reps would come round selling this that and the other and if , you could only see samples after , would n't touch it with a barge pole like you know , yeah I 'll have that , that 's all but that 's because he had a good grounding |