Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 2 | On the general point of differentiating criteria between strategic and local , I think that one ought to bear in mind that some have importance in both connections and particularly I would draw attention to the perhaps overriding points made in paragraph thirty three of P P G three , regarding the avoidance of unacceptable coalescence and positive environmental improvements . |
| 3 | And in the in fact in the early days o o f o one of the things that had happened f early on was that I would do jobs on my own , and you it 's amazing how many number of one-man jobs there are . |
| 4 | I do n't think I would leave Scotland within the the near future because I love Iron Bru too much , and I would n't get in some other places or |
| 5 | So my the , in my mind the best way forward is for this council to promote the right to buy and I fully support this motion and I would urge members of this council to ignore the report that comes back from the housing committee . |
| 6 | If someone needed something , then I would contribute solutions from my file ; but unless there was a need , it was a waste of time to try and peddle them . |
| 7 | It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) . |
| 8 | * IF * Wilko was ever to go I would want Strach as manager at Leeds . |
| 9 | Although why you should imagine I would want acceptance into your family when I have a perfectly good family of my own , I have no idea . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We took the caravan to Teesdale every weekend during the season and I would make sketches of landscapes or take photos and paint them when I got home . |
| 12 | Promotion to Vice-Questore seemed certain and the general feeling was that if I played my cards right I would make Questore in the end . |
| 13 | I would welcome contact with other black Catholics in our diocese . |
| 14 | I would welcome contact from any Victor enthusiasts or ex-members of 57 Squadron who think that this is a viable proposition , and who would be interested in embarking on this project with me . |
| 15 | Editor 's Note : I would welcome letters from any other juniors who may have experienced similar problems to Tom . |
| 16 | I would welcome support from past students from any authority to help to strengthen our cause to persuade our authority to recognise the diploma as a professional qualification . |
| 17 | I would welcome comments from the Education Division on whether such schemes could be extended and implemented . |
| 18 | Sometimes , my face rippling peculiarly with smiles and frowns , I would monitor proceedings through the viewing slit . |
| 19 | But I promised earlier in my speech that I would mention service in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War where he rose to the rank of Sergeant . |
| 20 | MONDAY morning , and it had been arranged that I would meet Miklós for lunch and then have the chance to talk with some writers from Hungarian PEN . |
| 21 | " Because , " Alice said , " I would meet people of my own age . " |
| 22 | I have to admit that if the situation was reversed I would go bonkers with frustration , so I take my hat off to him — but not my shirt . |
| 23 | ‘ I would advise authors against racing off to write their own 1,400-word Indian sagas , ’ said Mr Clee . |
| 24 | For weeks I would pull slivers of skin like rice-paper from the top of my head and my ears . ) |
| 25 | I could not finish them until after Dana had left for the States , when I would sit day after day beside my desk , trying to write , while on the other side of Avondale Buildings the children screamed and shrieked in the playground . |
| 26 | I would send dignity to the devil , where it came from . ’ |
| 27 | For the border design , I would suggest cream for the background colour , dark green for the ‘ branches ’ and a rich tan for the ‘ foxes ’ . |
| 28 | I would walk north to south , with the wind on my back , and raise sponsorship for the sort of people I had met in Nigeria . |
| 29 | In additions , I would remind members of the request from Policy and Resources to try and identify wherever possible further savings , in aid of the six hundred and seventy one thousand pound gap which currently exists between budget proposals and the expected figures . |
| 30 | As , as Councillor would have said , and I would remind members of Council that I believe that the Chief Officers of this Council still have pay related to their performance and I am sure that all members , not least the controlling group , will take will take note of that . |