Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a nervous swallow he bearded the formidable young lady at the desk at the head of the room : she had always struck him as the sort of librarian who would prefer to see all the desks in her domain empty and all the books permanently under lock and key . |
| 2 | because daddy works late you see and I very much daddy would want to go all the way over to Christo |
| 3 | After a job which had taken up all of her energies , Elaine did n't realise how long she would need to do all the jobs she had been putting off for years . |
| 4 | Please indicate on your Application Form whether you would like to receive free the Telephone Radio Alarm or Three-Piece Luggage Set shown overleaf . |
| 5 | As Captain of Stoddard Golf Club , I would like to thank all the members of the committee who have worked so hard to make it such a memorable year . |
| 6 | I would like to thank all the members erm , who 've served on that committee and indeed the officers who 've worked for it , because a lot of the background work and a lot of the er , consultation with departments has been necessary to get us to the erm , reasonably satisfactory stage we 're at , considering the ext extremely severe restrictions on government ex , er , on local government spending , er resulting from the cap . |
| 7 | Editor said : ‘ We are absolutely delighted at this award , and we would like to thank all the correspondents and everyone involved in the publication for their efforts . ’ |
| 8 | said : ‘ I would like to thank all the people responsible for the Company and for the very good way that the business was handed over . |
| 9 | I would like to thank all the staff at Napier and our industrial and commercial partners who have contributed to another good year of enterprising activities . |
| 10 | We would like to thank all the officials who have helped to make the programme work effectively and we look forward to receiving your co-operation in 1988 . |
| 11 | ‘ I would like to make clear the importance I attach to the continued availability of advice , from within and outside the NHS , in contributing to the development of the health service in Scotland , ’ said Lord Fraser . |
| 12 | The same horses would have to go all the way . " |
| 13 | ‘ It would be a 10-year lease , index-linked to inflation for the first five years and I would have to do all the repairs the brewery had n't done . ’ |
| 14 | They had to keep the river streams all flowing and if there was any deluge of rain and stones they would have to keep all the pools in good order and they would |
| 15 | Mr Bryant sacked the clerk but Jonathan kept Matthew on and told him he would have to pay all the money back out of his wages , so much a month . ’ |
| 16 | Such a body would have to consider all the implications of bio-technologies . |
| 17 | That 's normal and that 's what Wendy has to learn to do or else it 's you know it 's it 's difficult for somebody else to if Ian did it he would have to get all the figures first . |
| 18 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) would seem to suggest all the experience I have gained and the help and support I have given to young children has no value . |
| 19 | ‘ I have asked the SMMB several times if we can keep the present grid system and central testing laboratory in place so that one tanker would continue to collect all the milk on one road , ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ Much as I would love to claim all the credit , I must point out that my part in this rescue was very small indeed . |