Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'd rather stay here because it 's fixed now , but I do n't really like comprehensive schools that much . |
| 2 | I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me . |
| 3 | If that 's the way you think , then I 'd rather know now than later . ’ |
| 4 | A lot of things that I 'd still do here if , if I could whip up some enthusiasm if my husband would , I ca n't , he was a bricklayer , sub contractor and they have knocked this kitchen out about three times since they 've been there , and the last , this last effort , I think they 've put imitation beams in , I have n't seen it , but we think they have and er , oh it 's , you would n't know it 's the same house at all , you would n't know it |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd never spend more than five years in a job . |
| 6 | The same if you were thinking of murdering this person and you knew that you could be traced you 'd bloody think twice if you were gon na be hanged or chaired . |
| 7 | I would rarely spend less than £200 a night , and often more . |
| 8 | For example , people would rather walk further than have to carry water pots a shorter way uphill . |
| 9 | He would rather die now than carry on under these circumstances . |
| 10 | Anne had been indignant but secretly glad that he would not go away until she understood how he really felt about her . |
| 11 | The matchwinner threw his boots among the 4,000 fans who would not go home until manager Lennie Lawrence and players returned from the dressing room . |
| 12 | They would not rest now until they had snatched his breath from him . |
| 13 | Wellcome would not comment further until the data from the study had been fully analysed , although the preliminary indications were ‘ encouraging ’ . |
| 14 | In practice , of course , we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it . |
| 15 | This was the reason for the comments in Evans , but there was nothing said in Evans against making a second order on a later occasion which would take the total above 240 hours when added to the original order , but would not do so when added to the hours yet to be worked under it . |
| 16 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 17 | On the positive side CAMRA can point to the success of the independent brewers , many of whom would not exist today but for the interest in cask ale generated by the Campaign . |
| 18 | BC also pledged that miners would not suffer financially if they decided against taking early voluntary redundancy in order to await the outcome of the talks . |
| 19 | At a Conservative party meeting on 28 August , Amery noted that Horne ‘ on the whole agrees with me that we have got into a considerable mess and that the great thing is to extricate our people as soon as possible , ’ while Hailsham in his speech ‘ supported entirely what had been done but trusted that it would not last longer than two months — whereat loud cheers ’ . |
| 20 | The Mayor , Ald. Cocker , known as ‘ The Father of Blackpool ’ , was not impressed and wagered John Bickerstaffe that the new tramway would not last more than two years ! |
| 21 | De Gaulle left the country for Baden-Baden to consult with French army commander General Massau , who agreed , in return for the release of General Salan , that the army would support any legal government but would not intervene openly unless the Communist Party called for insurrection . |
| 22 | It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable . |
| 23 | Although the river is only one to two feet deep G. says he would not walk across because the current is too strong and bottom too slippery . |
| 24 | This contrasts with recent statements by Royal Navy officials that contamination would not spread more than two kilometres and that an accident would take " quite some time " to develop . |
| 25 | I was expecting his camels to follow him and understood that he would not come further before they were in view . |
| 26 | He said that he had his boss with him and that they would not wait longer than eight . |
| 27 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 28 | He was delighted to receive a good price for me , especially as he felt sure I would not live longer than a month . |
| 29 | It is quite likely that qualified privilege would not apply here as there is no duty , as part of the teacher 's work , to compile an informal , unofficial record . |
| 30 | Alison Watson , executive director of Alice Hoffman Homes , said there had been ‘ a complete breakdown of trust and confidence ’ between herself and Knight , but would not elaborate further as the appeal progressed . |