Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several minutes later he added : ‘ But I would not like to give you the impression I have worked for either of them yet . ’ |
| 2 | But Det Chief Supt Barry Stewart , head of Northumbria CID , said : ‘ We are treating the incident as a crime but I would not like to say what the nature of the crime is at this stage . ’ |
| 3 | I would not like to think what the wrong type would do to , say , the bacteria in your filter ! |
| 4 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 5 | St Paul was not ‘ ordained ’ — and would not have known what the term connoted . |
| 6 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |
| 7 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 8 | This will help you decide if you would really like to do what the employer has on offer . |
| 9 | Erm , and I , I think it 's quite beyond belief that these sort of accidents as well as the major road accidents are n't taken into consideration for our S S A , and particularly in a county like Shropshire , where there 's very little but grain in a lot of places , and that erm , money has to be found But , I would , I would really like to hear what the Officer |
| 10 | I would n't like to say what the impact will be on my business |
| 11 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 12 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 13 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 14 | I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it . |