Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nevertheless , having said those , I would clearly emphasise the importance of those two elements of the criteria . |
| 2 | ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’ |
| 3 | I , I 've got my views , I 'm sure you 've got yours , and I shall listen later in the morning to the debate , but I would finally say delegates , that I hope you enjoy your stay in Portsmouth , in particular Southsea where most of you are staying if you have a chance go to the rose gardens , have a walk along the sea front there , there it 's magnificent this time of year and a tribute to our staff in our direct works organization for their hard work . |
| 4 | And we believe we already offer that , I think the figures indicate that and therefore in the medium and the longer term I believe that our attractions will undoubtedly benefit and I would finally say that if you er , go back and look at the history of Disney in America , after the establishment of Disney Parks in America there was a big improvement in extension of the amusement parks in the rest of America which er , the traditional theme parks , so called , in America grew in the period after the establishment of Disney Land in California and I think a similar sort of thing is going to happen , not perhaps just in this country er , but also in Europe generally . |
| 5 | And I would willingly put it on another account , that the dumping of so much steel in the bowels of men , during our Civil Wars , hath hindered their digging of copper out of the entrails of the earth ; looping these peaceable times will encourage to the resuming thereof " |
| 6 | And I would willingly get down and help you , but Mrs Carson is waiting for me . ’ |
| 7 | And , at that time I realized what my friend had gone through , and I knew what I had gone through , and I would willingly have gone on having babies for erm out of compassion for people who could n't have children and I would have done it much more naturally ! |
| 8 | I would willingly have sponsored a Corpus Christi Mystery , being so close to the Feast-day . ’ |
| 9 | If I had to select just two personal highlights from the many interesting presentations that were on offer , then I would firstly mention learning about the ideas and development of the inspirational Foxfire Teacher Network operating in a number of USA schools . |
| 10 | Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would sooner swim in the pool with the crocodiles than marry you , ’ I had said . |
| 12 | That is the objection er the whole fundamental objection to what is proposed in the Bill as it is a centralising measure was shown quite clearly er er a a by the desire of the Home Secretary to increase his own power as when he intended to appoint the Chairman absolute impudence in my view er to suggest tha that he he should have had the power to appoint a chairman and although congratulations have now been er er poured upon him for withdrawing to wh what 's a position , I would sooner congratulate your er Your Lordships , er all of whom spoke in such a manner that it would have been impossible for the Home Secretary to have carried the measure through . |
| 13 | I can not think of any United States naval officer whom I would sooner have in his place in those near-impossible circumstances . |
| 14 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 15 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 16 | When the idea was broached I had told Ira Dilworth that I would sooner resign than transfer to Toronto and he agreed entirely . |
| 17 | I would sooner lose the use of both legs than read it . |
| 18 | I would sooner die ! |
| 19 | In the first place , I always threatened the orchestra that if they played too loudly I would simply lower them by ten centimetres ; and if they continued , then by the end of the first act they would be in the dungeon . |
| 20 | And I I would simply draw attention to paragraph two of that report er in the second last sentence in the paragraph it says Well I 'd better actually read the er the whole paragraph . |
| 21 | The s the point I would make is that first of all I do n't accept that twelve thousand seven hundred is er a tenable figure but that , probably the more important point is that there has to be a policy response , and a policy response to this issue demands that there is at least some response to the mi to the level of migration er you know my my my view has been put forward very clearly about that , but I would simply make make the point for the record that even accepting one hundred percent migration , there is no statistical case for a new settlement . |
| 22 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
| 23 | Moderator I would simply cite as an example of what I have in mind the conferences organized by the assembly council which successfully resolved the problem of necessary buildings . |
| 24 | I would simply suggest that we should not allow either sentimentality or a genuine concern for retaining decentralized powers in general to distract us from the major , and separate , task of attempting to determine a common policy for all education at all stages in the future . |
| 25 | So I would simply suggest that , erm , on the two motions , er President , as I said at the outset , that we would support three nine seven , and in view of the fact that three nine eight is not withdrawn , the C E C would ask you to oppose three nine eight . |
| 26 | I would simply conclude that while we 're always open to any sort of criticism , we 're always open to any kind of recommendation that might be made , erm to us in respect of er Direct . |
| 27 | I would simply place a card with the initials and dates 1921–1939 alongside the material — as I 've done with the other exhibits And I 'd like to place it all between the Danziger and Eberhardt donations . ’ |
| 28 | I 've read number twenty seven says draw attention to the possibilities for church members to take part in overseas and exchange visits and I would simply like to do that . |
| 29 | I would simply like to point out that the protection of the countryside and agricultural land for its own sake is the policy that should be er er applied in this case , and I just want to make that point . |
| 30 | I would simply say that if you want to know what happened in America after Pop and Minimalism , you have to concentrate on art made in unconventional places and with unconventional materials : out of the studio art , land-art , body-art and video . |