Example sentences of "it [conj] you would [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Explaining that you know you either want further information on it or you would like to erm you know take that one up .
2 Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before .
3 I take it that you would like a handsome settlement on marriage ? ’
4 Ann Mobbs , what is it that you would like to see in terms of change for men ?
5 ‘ No , Nina , ’ Rachel heard herself say , ‘ I would prefer it if you would show Dr Markham around , please . ’
6 I 'm the general manager , your husband employed me , and because I have had enormous experience in running hotels , I would appreciate it if you would leave me to get on with my job . ’
7 ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour .
8 I should like it if you would join us for lunch .
9 ‘ First , we 'd appreciate it if you 'd sign this document — a small formality , ’ Grimwood assured her in his most Uriah Heep tone .
10 Look , I 'd appreciate it if you 'd do something for me . ’
11 I 'd appreciate it if you 'd refrain from speaking for me .
12 But none of them were crushed , you could have eaten it if you 'd have wanted to . ’
13 You would n't have had it if you 'd have known ?
14 You 'd have kept it if you 'd have had that .
15 ‘ I 'd like it if you 'd work for me .
16 No skimping , and I 'd look kindly on it if you 'd provide her with petticoats .
17 There was a Victorian air about it somehow there were , there were quite ladies who 'd kept it , almost the same sort of thing as you 'd find out in the country , country Ye Olde Elizabethan Coffee Shop type of thing you know , they they 'd be the er there was that atmosphere about it and you 'd buy lovely cakes and things like that .
18 And you had to do all that dusting and keep it and you 'd read over all these things , every time you dusted until you got to know them .
19 Go up Road , and from there turn down Follyhouse Lane the continuation of it and you 'd come right to the Dales and nothing at all from there to West Bromwich , and you could see , if you go over one stile from one field then onto another and then brook that now runs through the Road there , that used to be a little country brook that run across the golf course and there was a little stile over it , a little bridge and a stile , then you go straight up to Dells common and not a house in sight .
20 Okay , put it into it and you 'd tie your length of cotton or black thread onto the piece of cotton with a button that 's dangling down and you 'd go across the road into somebody 's front garden behind a wall or behind a hedge and just keep pulling the cotton to tap on the window .
21 When the amendment is carried , it becomes the substantive motion and when it is put to the vote you vote against it since you would prefer to give nothing rather than £15 .
22 You used to surprise some of them because they thought they 'd done it before you 'd notice . ’
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