Example sentences of "[vb base] we would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it is you see if you want we would need aside No I mean it 's a compared with the Harrogate one it is not . |
| 2 | Blaming it on the Company would be just a fallback — you would n't believe me if I said I was n't drinking of that but you might believe me if I say we 'd prefer the good old British way : that nothing happened and there 's no blame at all . |
| 3 | It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly . ’ |
| 4 | It was farcical to suggest that we were conspiring — if we were , I hope we would have done it more elegantly |
| 5 | But if , if we er so , so we could actually produ you know , plot this over time because we 've , I hope we 'd have more than one er weekly programme . |
| 6 | That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ? |
| 7 | In other words if the estate agent or medical practice will get a phone call from us and say look we 'd like to do your assignment is it convenient . |
| 8 | But for Hurricane Andrew' we would have reported a profit of almost $22m in the third quarter and a return to profitability in for the nine months . |
| 9 | But ern we 'd stay with them all Saturday afternoon . |
| 10 | It did hold us up I mean we would have been down there a lot quicker if we had n't had |
| 11 | I mean we would need fifty people |
| 12 | I mean we 'd invite Helen and some friends like , I do n't know . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh God , you mean we 'd have to live with builders as well ? ’ |
| 14 | Yeah but I mean we 'd have a a flat without any any mortgage . |
| 15 | tongued and grooved or , or something pine for the kitchen wall , do it , pay it , forget it right , so , I mean I do n't know what wood I mean we 'd have , we 'd have to see it , but I said to him look I said something 's got ta be done , so I said to him shall we get Gary or somebody similar to do some Artexing in here and he said well with the coal fire and all that he said it 'll , it 'll get dirty |
| 16 | We had moved to the edges of our previously closed system of thought and action , both physically and philosophically , and almost implicitly came to recognize that the ‘ foundation metaphors ’ which Turner identifies as being crucial to transformational experience of liminality were making paradigmatic statements about our own cultural format ; although I know we would have been unable to articulate this . |
| 17 | photocopied the same time as these and then you know we would have all had one for reference . |
| 18 | you know we would accept a reco , whatever the Monday 's meeting was . |
| 19 | I know we 'd love to come and call . ’ |
| 20 | know we 'd like |
| 21 | Yes you do and , and also , another thing , and it 's , in a way it was a bit annoying because we 'd go on these like crash diets , you know , we 'd get really nasty and s well not nasty and skinny we 'd just get really skinny before we went cos you know we would n't eat anything except like fruit for a we , we 'd eat , we 'd go on a diet and then we would n't eat fruit for , would n't eat anything but fruit for the week before and so we 'd , you know we 'd like have flat stomachs and you feel , if you have n't eaten you feel thinner even if you 're not , it 's all , it 's a bit , it 's psychological is n't it ? |
| 22 | So we sauntered home and by the time just when we got home perhaps by you know we 'd get home at nine , by quarter past nine er we saw the Zeppelin come over . |
| 23 | You know we 'd hate to complicate it — |
| 24 | If we were to advertise a job today — a labouring job in the foundry — I guarantee we 'd have two hundred black and brown faces at the gates tomorrow morning , and maybe one white . ’ |
| 25 | Billy 'd have to be , yeah , this is what I 'm saying , and then we like we 'd move up so Emma sit next to him , but she would n't knowing her . |
| 26 | We decided that for the Capital Guarantee Bond we would advertise in the national press . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a difficult question , ’ he said , ‘ but I suppose we would assess a situation differently . |
| 28 | I suppose we would have to spend 4 million , ( Ndlovu 2.5m , McLaren 1.5m ) . |
| 29 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
| 30 | If a listeners ' poll had been taken that evening I believe we would have rated 100% listenership . |