Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some politicians believe the public would prefer to pay a few pounds more council tax and less in insurance |
| 2 | ‘ I got him a bit of coley , and it cost me what salmon would 've cost a few years back . |
| 3 | Doing his best to stay awake , he chatted to Mills until satisfied that the other was convinced of his academic credentials and then , to get rid of him before Syrian George arrived to transcribe the night 's tapes and give the game away , sent him over to see Hurley , who wanted to know if Mills , in the course of his travels in and out of Lebanon for Newsweek , would like to shoot a few pictures for the DEA . |
| 4 | Erm , Mr would like to say a few words about the conference overall , er sorry about , yes the conference . |
| 5 | Erm I would like to say a few words about the Fire and Rescue Service , er the Fire Cover Review Panel er which rests erm with couple of months before Christmas er it 's first meeting , received a report from the Chief Officer that in restructuring the Fire Service to get better use out of it to er spread the cuts could find savings of up to nine hundred thousand pounds in that process and they are friends in the Labour , Liberal Democrat groups have simply taken the good aspects of that the plus side of it and rejected the side what faces the side anyway . |
| 6 | Well I think er what I 'll do because Stuart who 's the C E O rather happens to be with us er I think I 'll ask Stuart if he would like to make a few remarks . |
| 7 | I would like to make a few comments , as a mainly urban cyclist who also rides for recreation and covers about 9,000 miles a year . |
| 8 | FOLLOWING your article on sports injuries treatment available at Darlington FC ( Echo February 18 ) we would like to express a few points . |
| 9 | He had waited until the sentry reached the tower at the end of his beat , knowing , after watching the man from the bailey , that the guard would pause to exchange a few words with another man-at-arms before they separated to retrace their steps . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 11 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 12 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 13 | If you had told me in advance , I would have prepared a few canapes for your arrival . ’ |
| 14 | Jocelyn on the other hand would have preferred a few irregularities in life and so was leaving to live in a battered wives hostel . |
| 15 | A NEW YORK federal appeals court has overturned a key decision that would have allowed an former Belfast IRA man to remain in the United States . |
| 16 | That would have punched a few holes in the City 's sang-froid , I can tell you . ’ |
| 17 | Moreover , CD-ROMs , the media the Data Discman plays , while hardly universally established , are by no means the radical innovation they would have seemed a few years ago . |
| 18 | If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her . |
| 19 | If he had been a drinking man he would have had a half pint in every establishment . |
| 20 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 21 | Manager Billy Bonds said : ‘ I thought we would have got a few back after our last few results , but this seems to be par for the course lately . ’ |