Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , I would say I now have a far stronger squad than I had last year and it is n't costing as much . ’ |
| 2 | Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too . |
| 3 | Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’ |
| 4 | If she were , confound it , she 'd treat me less shabbily ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now I 'm officially off the case , I wish you 'd tell me more about this mysterious Zbigniew Nowak . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd leave me here ? ’ she choked as her gaze flew round the shabby , spartan room . |
| 8 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 9 | Perhaps you 'd call me so that we can discuss this . |
| 10 | Sometimes she would compare me unfavourably with her ideal daughter-in-law : ‘ So-and-so asks her husband 's mother for recipes . ’ |
| 11 | The girl , the lean teenager with W-shaped folds in the vent of her shut armpits , she would suit me right down to the ground . |
| 12 | I could have hugged my Mum that day for saving the harmonium but I was afraid if I did she would push me away . |
| 13 | She 'd let me get half-way close and then she would push me away . |
| 14 | She would take me there but could I wait while she changed her clothes . |
| 15 | I should , however , be grateful if you would advise me as early as possible if you have any comments regarding the proposals . |
| 16 | ‘ But my father says you would love me best if you were my wife , so that would be better . ’ |
| 17 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 18 | I 'd be grateful if you would ring me sometime to let me have your views . |
| 19 | If you would forgive me yet again , I must go to change into the appropriate costume . ’ |
| 20 | If you would seek me then |
| 21 | willi , willing and a a kindly nature but we if it 's in the middle of a game you know , and er , you know how you are when you 're playing a game well they 'd fetch me away to run for some cheese for an old lady . |
| 22 | ‘ They 'd find me somewhere . |
| 23 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 24 | I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take me to a very quiet part of the Galaxy , a long way from any planets with people on . |
| 25 | It 'd help me more if you keep Anna cool . |
| 26 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 27 | I thought he 'd send me home but he did n't . |
| 28 | If he caught me escaping he 'd put me straight back down here . |
| 29 | He said he 'd phone me again you see . |
| 30 | So far he 'd read me too well . |