Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1981 Seve asked me if I 'd do a few tournaments with him when he came to the States . |
| 2 | I 'd pass a few ex a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals and I 've won money for my dance school . |
| 3 | We 'd go out on the town , hit a few cocktail parties , go dancing , and I 'd drop a few hundred quid on a weekend . ’ |
| 4 | I first started to write at school and I 'd charge a few pence for each story — you should have seen what I was writing for the girls . |
| 5 | I 'd need a little time . |
| 6 | I told them if we did n't get more light and heat up here soon I 'd tear a few more of them apart , but after that they only started acting all stupid , and anyway they 'll soon forget ; they always do . " |
| 7 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 8 | what , and what I 'd do is I 'd put a few more spots in |
| 9 | Thought I 'd put a few of them up . |
| 10 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 12 | If I say to you , Sarah I 'd like a few words with you . |
| 13 | I , I 'd like a few mini eggs . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought I would leave a few of you on the G'bai side of the mountains with the pack beasts . |
| 16 | I would urge a few women of a higher class to resolutely enter upon an apprenticeship for this purpose . " |
| 17 | ‘ I think , ’ said the tourist , ‘ that I would like a little rest now . |
| 18 | If it is n't , say , ‘ I would like a little time to think about this , I need to get some facts and figures , I 'm sure you would n't wish me to give you incorrect information . |
| 19 | I would drive a few yards through the gate marked ‘ private ’ and instantly be set upon by men wielding knobbly aluminium clubs , or I would return from the walk to find my car had been smelted into a set of folding tubular garden furniture . |
| 20 | I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet . |
| 21 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 22 | At least she 'd have a few precious moments alone with him before Doreen arrived . |
| 23 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
| 24 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
| 25 | You 'd like a few freebie games too ? |
| 26 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
| 27 | Carol had quite enough to do with her own job and all her own shopping without preparing meals as well and she hoped she would have a little rest after Christmas , now that people took time off in lots of offices until after the New Year . |
| 28 | It might not be to everyone 's taste or be able to last for hundreds of years but you have to admit that she would turn a few heads if she appeared sitting casually in your garden . |
| 29 | She would take a few drops directly into the mouth using the pipette whereas previously she had used a teaspoon direct from the 100ml bottle . |
| 30 | With the help of System Three Scotland we have developed the questionnaire which is attached and we would be very grateful if you would take a little time to complete it . |