Example sentences of "would [adv] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd most likely arranged it . |
| 2 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 3 | He often got hungry up in the wood and he 'd most likely want them later . |
| 4 | She 'd most likely think it was because he did n't want to help her . |
| 5 | He 'd most likely nick his Dad 's wire and cutters too . |
| 6 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 7 | If you 'd rather not tell me — |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 'd rather not tell you just now , but I suppose you 'll discover it sooner or later . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd rather not tell you , mother . |
| 10 | They are basically the nuts and bolts of the er the report , if anyone has any questions questions I 'd rather not hear it , |
| 11 | I 'd rather not see what you get up to underground . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd rather not see him . |
| 13 | I ca n't swear to the following but the headmaster said Basil was undoubtedly a gentleman , but he 'd rather not have his brother in case he turned out the same . |
| 14 | I 'd be put to work on the Looms and you 'd be — ; Well , ’ said Caspar , who , despite his work for the Court and later the Gruagach , had retained a vestige of delicacy , ‘ well , I 'd rather not say what might happen to you . |
| 15 | Clad in his trademark leather jacket and trousers , Lord Christopher , said yesterday : ‘ It 's all a bit dodgy at the moment and I 'd rather not say anything at this stage . |
| 16 | If you 'd rather not spend your valuable evenings slaving over a hot stove take a look at Cosmopolitan After-work Cookbook . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
| 18 | but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's |
| 19 | I 'd rather just have you on one preparation and then we see what happens . |
| 20 | I 'd rather fucking pick my arse . |
| 21 | ‘ Then we 'd all better close our eyes and think not of Victory but of hot water and soap and bathsalts and soft warm towels . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , hell , lady , if that 's your attitude , perhaps you 'd better just sew it up , sister , cause there ai n't no better stud bull than Curtius Kenne in the whole territory . ’ |
| 23 | Oh look , in fact you 'd better just take whatever you can get . ’ |
| 24 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 25 | ‘ I said to your mother , ‘ I 'd better just ring him and find out how he 's getting on . ’ ’ |
| 26 | I 'd better just have your address and National Health Number for the records . ’ |
| 27 | I 'd much sooner guard it from the inside , ’ he grinned . |
| 28 | He 'd much sooner keep it in an old pair of tights . ’ |
| 29 | Rob and family are coming for a long weekend , so we sha n't have our usual Christmas Day picnic this year , but we 'd much rather have their company . |
| 30 | I 'd much rather have something light in — ’ |