Example sentences of "[conj] it would [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd share your gin , ’ the Bishop 's wife said , ‘ except that it would make me further inclined to cry . ’ |
| 2 | He once claimed to me that he was able to open a beer bottle with his eye and that it would cost me $29 for the privilege of seeing the trick . |
| 3 | No need to stiffen up like that — you must see that it would affect me professionally . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The way I left was very , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 5 | ‘ The way I left wasvery , very frustrating and a lot of my friends concluded that it would finish me forever in management . |
| 6 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 7 | I wondered if he believed that it would kill me . |
| 8 | ‘ Creeping up to 40 was n't the main reason I wanted a third child , ’ says Saskia , ‘ but I was certainly aware that it would keep me back in the young-mum sphere along with the 25-year-olds . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He was beastly to me on Saturday night , and it would give me great pleasure to tell him I was right all along . |
| 10 | Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please . |
| 11 | I was hungry , but room service was extortionately expensive and it would do me no harm to fast for one night . |
| 12 | If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down . |
| 13 | Every day , after school , I would release the bird and it would follow me home . |
| 14 | But Miss Philimore seems to think she 's all right so long as she 's watched , and it would save me having to look for someone else . ’ |
| 15 | The Monster continues to scream as if it would blast me from the cosmos . |
| 16 | But it did n't move too swiftly over the rocky soil , and I began to doubt if it would reach me before the deadly rain finished me off . |
| 17 | J. was quite capable of staring her straight in the eye and swearing that black was white if it would get me out of a jam . |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't ask the fuzz the time if it would save me old granny 's life . ’ |
| 19 | It was thoughtful of you , but it would choke me . ’ |
| 20 | I said to her , ‘ I 'm not willing to argue with you here because it would get me into trouble but if I ever saw you on the street I would ’ . |
| 21 | You have to love each of us equally and worship God for His sake , not because it would please me . " |
| 22 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 23 | I thought it sounded like a good idea as it would give me a taster . |