Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 2 | I mean , you 'd think he 'd just have a few enough to make a pie or a crumble |
| 3 | She 'd just box a few ears , knock a few heads together like she did with the Rattries , and chase them off . |
| 4 | The law could n't do much to her , and she 'd probably get a few columns . |
| 5 | In fact , it 's not just tortoises we want , we 'd also love a few hares , a few gorillas and lots of colourful clowns . |
| 6 | In fact , it 's not just tortoises we want , we 'd also love a few hares , a few gorillas and lots of colourful clowns . |
| 7 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 8 | I would rather see a few children unnecessarily separated from their parents than thousands of them just remain without any parents at all ! [ … ] . |
| 9 | Sometimes the image would only remain a few seconds . |
| 10 | The government said that fuel supplies would only last a few weeks , but that meat and butter would run out within days . |
| 11 | It had been assumed that , because the journey would only take a few hours , it was better to be in the open air than in the dark and unventilated cargo holds . |
| 12 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 13 | It would only take a few minutes . ’ |
| 14 | When Durbeyfield heard he would only get a few shillings for Prince 's dead body , he rose to the occasion . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |
| 16 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 17 | Then , as she had so many , she would not miss a few , he had the thought to sail them out the window . |
| 18 | So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve . |
| 19 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 20 | And erm Maisy and Freda say that they would still like a few bottles and that for the stall please . |
| 21 | If I did not already have these , I would probably stock a few Congo Tetras to liven up the surface layers , which would also be more in keeping with the African origins of the Synodontis . |
| 22 | Fergie would probably spend a few pounds on it — if he could find it . |
| 23 | But they would n't walk a few yards into the police station and tell anybody . |
| 24 | Anyway they 're nice old bales though , I would n't mind a few of them . |
| 25 | Er , there is a a little orange leaflet which has been placed on the seats during the day that many of you , I hope , already have er , for anyone who has n't may I perhaps place these on the front table , there 's a the , there 's another supply over there and , could I please ask that some responsible representative from each district would please take a few more of these away with you so that they are distributed in district meetings in the near future , and attention drawn to them there er , if there are not enough copies er , then I 'm sure the provincial office on receiving a , a request from you will make sure there 's more that passed on to you . |
| 26 | We would then spend a few moments sharing any relevant and deep intuition that had come to any of us , and it was remarkable to see what a full and varied message the daily passage gave us . |
| 27 | While the booksellers were looking at his books he would quietly nick a few of theirs to sell to another shop . |