Example sentences of "he would [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 2 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 3 | He said he would return to answer all charges . |
| 4 | If he did not , said Mr Deerey , he would move to sever all links between Chalmers and the party . |
| 5 | He would like to see another firearms amnesty . |
| 6 | Benn was so impressed with Ceauşescu 's Romania that he found nothing odd in the following suggestion from Bruno Pittermann , the former chairman of Kreisky 's Austrian Socialist Party : ‘ Pittermann said he would like to see parliamentary links with Romania , Poland and Yugoslavia , and to study their election process and procedure . |
| 7 | He feels that many people , both inside and outside the health service , are not aware of the sort of research funds that are already present in the NHS , and he would like to see these funds made more explicit . |
| 8 | McKinnon said he would like to see more plays of this quality receiving second and third productions in Scotland where there was a tendency to forget about a play after its premiere . |
| 9 | He would like to see German investment ‘ diluted by the involvement of other EC countries ’ . |
| 10 | He said he would like to sleep that night in the Little Vestry . |
| 11 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |
| 12 | She asked him if he would like to have some sweets . |
| 13 | I would be happy to send him a copy of our policy document if he would like to have more detail . |
| 14 | He would like to hear any information available on AEAs preferred strategy for privatisation and would like to know what will happen over terms and conditions for staff when Government division and Commercial division diverge . |
| 15 | Picon also admits quietly that he would like to construct additional galleries above the current restaurant space . |
| 16 | One teacher said he would like to send all blacks back on the banana boat , and another told her that he was unable to sit by her because she was black . |
| 17 | But once the King had abdicated he would cease to have this protection . |
| 18 | He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future . |
| 19 | He had calculated , however , that he would need to give three poetry readings in order to cover his expenses on this visit : he did only the amount that was strictly necessary , since the Inland Revenue had a habit of taking much of any extra income he earned . |
| 20 | He would have to watch that Teng . |
| 21 | King Hussein delivered a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 5 in which he spoke publicly for the first time about his recent cancer surgery in the United States [ see p. 39118 ] , announcing that he would have to undergo further tests in the USA . |
| 22 | Otherwise it is very likely he would always hesitate or stumble when he would have to use these words in the course of a conversation . |
| 23 | One day he would have to kill this man , admire him or not . |
| 24 | She would need some encouragement from her husband and he would have to display some discipline , ( a ) to provide the information for preparation of the budgets , and ( b ) to accept the result of the exercise and implement any necessary restrictions in buying , etc . |
| 25 | He reasoned that perhaps he would have to put fresh sensation between these echoes and their origins ; fuck them out ; sweat himself clean . |
| 26 | He would have to stop some time , and then she would be able to escape . |
| 27 | Because Brutus was such an idealistic character he felt that he would have to take important steps towards saving Rome from the evil grasp of Caesar . |
| 28 | Only then would he know for certain that it had really happened , and that he would have to take some action . |
| 29 | With regret Stirling realized that he would have to abandon offensive action that night and decided to withdraw without placing any bombs , so as not to jeopardize a future visit . |
| 30 | McLeish decided he would have to abandon any prejudice taken from Francesca about this trade ; Peter Yeo knew his business and was obviously effective . |