Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rather see you like that than making my bed for me , ’ said John . |
| 2 | ‘ Richard has n't been well , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd rather let him sleep . |
| 3 | In a way though , perverse though it sounds , I 'd rather let it get fairly bad and take him back |
| 4 | We used to watch the game together and I 'd suddenly see him wince in pain . |
| 5 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 6 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 7 | Well , if you 'd only let us know we 'd of |
| 8 | ‘ Then you 'd sooner let her have an illegitimate child ? |
| 9 | She had a severe struggle with herself , but decided that if she made a fuss she 'd just make him laugh even more at her . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 'd just let me finish before diving in to protect your honour you might find it was n't actually endangered , ’ Luke retorted with dangerous mildness . |
| 11 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
| 12 | I 'll wait , if you 'd just let him know I 'm here . ’ |
| 13 | I think the best conclusion would have happened if they 'd just let it happen , rather than trying to force the issue on April the nineteenth . |
| 14 | It 's a very difficult one I think in a game that probably they 'd just let you do that . |
| 15 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 16 | ‘ It could be something quite slight and they 'd still let us know officially . |
| 17 | They 'd really let themselves go . |
| 18 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 19 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 20 | We had to go in there several times when I was little and mother was sick , and they 'd never let us stay together , so anything could have happened . ’ |
| 21 | Well me dad 'd never let us stand outside pubs or anywhere you know . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd never let you go short of anything , ’ he said , ‘ and if anybody hurt you , you know what I 'd do . ’ |
| 23 | They 'd never let you see him . ’ |
| 24 | The only climber I know who goes there regularly at times like this is that perverse little bugger Joe Brown , who is clearly captivated by the magic of the place , though he 'd never let you know as much in words . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I 'd never hear you say the words . ’ |
| 26 | No true supporter of any country would want Wales to remain in the doldrums , but would rather see them return to a competitive level because it is good for the game . |
| 27 | In private he got on very well with Lloyd George , but he never hid his doubts ; in 1917 he told Unionists that Lloyd George was a man who has the defects of his qualities " , and told his audience that he was saying no more than he had told the Prime Minister to his face ; when in 1920 he was told that Unionists would rather hear him attack Lloyd George than defend him , he told this story to the Prime Minister too . |
| 28 | The interviewer would rather hear you ask positive questions about the company , about training opportunities and the chance to progress to greater responsibility . |
| 29 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |
| 30 | It had lain there all day , still unread , for he knew that just to look at it , just to scan its heavy headlines announcing further death and destruction would only make him sink deeper into the bog of doubt . |