Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
2 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
3 | In 1981 Seve asked me if I 'd do a few tournaments with him when he came to the States . |
4 | He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all . |
5 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
6 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
7 | If I say to you , Sarah I 'd like a few words with you . |
8 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
9 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
10 | ‘ You 'd love the few letters after her name though , would n't you now , Bunty ? ’ |
11 | If he 'd hit a few bumps in the road , it could have ended up wiping his face out , but he did very , very well . ’ |
12 | He told the Congress of People 's Deputies that , while he would make a few personnel changes in his Cabinet , he would not give up his position as Prime Minister until he was sure the reforms had become irreversible . |
13 | I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much . |
14 | She hoped they would make the same allowances for her . |
15 | I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet . |
16 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
17 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
18 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
19 | So Melanie would unpack a few things and go to bed early , herself . |
20 | Er , in the introductions I did n't stand up and er , introduce myself cos I felt it would steal a few minutes of my er presentation ! |
21 | I suppose you could just imagine that ring had slipped off your finger , that would bring a few tears . |
22 | An axisymmetric bulge , as would be found in a normal ( non-barred ) galaxy , would show no such effects . |
23 | The Americans and British , intent on not getting stuck in the town , wandered in and out talking of electricity and sanitation , then said they would send a few soldiers for a short time . |
24 | In strictly layman 's terms , the amount of additional engine-weight and fuel that any supersonic aircraft could get off the ground would give a few minutes of sub-orbital time , if that . |
25 | I am doing my best , but I wish a few more would give a few hours of their time . , . |
26 | The distinction would give the latter types freer rein , since they are not ‘ complete ’ carcinogens and their effects are not as patently threatening . |
27 | The second half would follow a few months later , paving the way for a full IMF standby programme . |
28 | A computer program to simulate the simple stream-pattern experiment described earlier would follow the same lines as a manual simulation . |
29 | Although Creggan preferred in such weather to keep inland he had a natural preference for the coast and on calmer days when the wind abated he would spend a few hours along the shore . |
30 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |