Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I might be so bold , for one who missed out on so much ( and not just in a cricket sense ) , I would offer a few words of advice . |
| 2 | In conclusion I would offer a very positive role for residential care — whether integrated or specialist but all I have said emphasises that there is no simple way forward , there are pros and cons for practically every service . |
| 3 | I would offer a contract that allowed him exclusivity if he gets a minimum of 100 candidates in November 1993 and 200 during 1993/94 . |
| 4 | When I was released , I was so relieved that I swore I would lead a normal life — no more endless walks . |
| 5 | I would capture a fresh wasp that afternoon to use the following morning . |
| 6 | For native English speakers I would give a quite different kind of lecture , and I did not want to be judged by the standards of my lectures to the Japanese , which were nearly always basic and very simple in expression . |
| 7 | He wondered whether I would give a dinner , which I said I would , at my home . |
| 8 | But I would give a king 's ransom for a good painter and craftsman . ’ |
| 9 | Yes , I think it 's totally clear that what we need is a short message , and it 's a white paper , and therefore it 's inviting a message , so what we really need is a short message to go with the A B C and the government act on the two S P's and I would give an undertaking at this point that it will go under the chief environmental health officers ' name . |
| 10 | I would write a story on my new Smith-Corona ; I would draw a host of painted women with my new ‘ complete ’ collection of Pentel pens . |
| 11 | And I decided that next day I would draw an honest sketch of myself , and then one of Blanche Ingram , painting the most lovely face I could imagine , according to Mrs Fairfax 's description . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 13 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 14 | I would marry a beautiful and capable woman like my mother who would look after my house and my children while I busied myself with more important matters in the wider world . |
| 15 | Newman Hall , whose Christ Church , Westminster Bridge Road , was to many the epitome of Gothic extravagance , is said to have told F. B. Meyer 's biographer , ‘ Had I my time over again with my present knowledge , I would build a Workmen 's Hall at Westminster and use the surplus money to build three or four churches in the suburbs of London ’ . |
| 16 | Then I would build a stage . |
| 17 | then I would build a trap of poisoned |
| 18 | And I would build a package to suit their company . |
| 19 | I said I would fetch an answer and he smiled as though he knew my lord is not here , and replied that my lady would do as well , in fact better . ’ |
| 20 | Then I would do a recitation , sometimes one of Granda 's favourites like ‘ The Arab 's Farewell to his Steed ’ . |
| 21 | I would do a house like this . |
| 22 | The hours , well sometimes I would do a double shift which was sixteen hours . |
| 23 | ‘ I would do a work-out on the pitch before the match but when the games starts I 'm on the sidelines , ’ he says . |
| 24 | I was invited to give an entertainment at the Bristol Old Vic theatre , the wonderful old Theatre Royal , the oldest extant theatre still being used in the country and one of the oldest in the world , a very beautiful place erm and I was asked if I would do an entertainment that I have called Come for the Ride which I was persuaded to concoct by my home town of Birkenhead in the North West of England . |
| 25 | Masha and I would visit a friend of mine in Holborn who knew one or two influential people . |
| 26 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I would leave a few of you on the G'bai side of the mountains with the pack beasts . |
| 28 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |
| 29 | But I would crave a boon for myself and my successors . |
| 30 | ‘ My imagination is n't so impoverished that I would invent a name like Jones , ’ she came back . |