Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked as if he 'd make a Rottweiler pause for thought . |
| 2 | You 'd make a politician blush . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd want a stomach pump , ’ Rab said . |
| 4 | I 'd want the wall paper and everything |
| 5 | ‘ I think I 'd prefer a bush walk , ’ Lucy said . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , I 'd prefer a town house . |
| 7 | If the film was , say , Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris , you 'd have three of your doormen dressed up as Old Mother Riley , which was a very cheap costume to hire , and you 'd build an Eiffel Tower , put it on a barrow and go round the town during the busy shopping time . |
| 8 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 9 | If Stuart decided to give a train driver six weeks compassionate leave or whatever the allowance is , he 'd buy a return ticket . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd buy the Evening Standard , look in the amusement pages and he 'd say , ‘ What do you fancy ? |
| 11 | She 'd win the race overall if Nuclear Electric , back down the field and now surrounded by supporters , was more than 7 hours behind . |
| 12 | And then you 'd need a credit card would n't you Gary ? |
| 13 | The time taken to make equipment and give it out was frequently cited as a difficulty : " I 'd need a lab technician " . |
| 14 | Mick Jagger , David Mellor , Michael Winner , and many other middle-aged , ego-tripping men who look as if they 'd need a Zimmer frame to get a leg-up and a miracle to get it over . |
| 15 | You 'd need a maths degree from Oxford University to work out United 's chances of staying up . |
| 16 | We 'd need a report order . |
| 17 | So you 'd need a junction box to erm connect the |
| 18 | But he 'd need the code number as well . |
| 19 | You 'd need the landing place . |
| 20 | Sometimes I 'd fetch a shopping list into one of the city bookstores . |
| 21 | You 'd expect a wages clerk to be able to handle it would n't you ? |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd expect the Marketing Director of a firm this size to claim twice as much for overnight stays . ’ |
| 23 | After leaving the station , we 'd just walk around for ten or fifteen minutes , doubling back on our tracks , heading in through the lobby of a big hotel and straight out again through the rear entrance , until finally we 'd come to some itty-bitty hotel in a back street with a desk in the hallway , and we 'd do the elevator routine . |
| 24 | Finally , I 'd choose the Templeton World Growth fund . |
| 25 | People thought well what could be in space , they 'd tune the radio telescope and they found , rather intriguingly , there were molecules like water and ammonia and methane , just as they expected . |
| 26 | Pig iron you know er pig iron was what they had I 've seen them pouring furnaces pouring it onto the pig beds , and you know when I was a kid when we lived in Caldmore from about half past nine at night all across West Bromwich , Wednesbury all over that area , you 'd see the sky light up and it was due to the pouring of er pouring the pig iron . |
| 27 | Erm it 's to erm reserve er for emergencies , obviously , I , I 'd use a building society or bank , to cover holidays and domestic needs , to set up hobby or retirement applications , so we 'd always say , leave a fair amount in the building society , and the only thing th advice I 'd give you is one , stick to the major societies , and secondly , if you 're looking for larger investments , use a postal account . |
| 28 | You 'd use a glass cutter in the door ? |
| 29 | I wish you 'd keep the fridge door closed . |
| 30 | Everywhere I go like he follows me know what I mean , I 'm sitting up there at one stage and he , he 'd spend a day sort of curls , curls up and cuddles me . |