Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun sg] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to help , perhaps you 'd give Victorine a hand with washing up the breakfast things ? |
| 2 | She would go that afternoon to fetch water from the fountain , she liked doing that anyway , and nothing could come of it to hurt her , there were always plenty of others there , and she 'd give Tommaso a sign , so that he 'd come , come at night to find her , that was the way it was done , she 'd seen it , becks and smiles under half-dosed eyes as the water brimmed in the young women 's jars . |
| 3 | I 'd recommend padding a budget of under £1,000 by at least fifty per cent . |
| 4 | If there 'd 'ave bin a union at Galloway 's 'e might still be there . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I reckon if you 'ad n't left you 'd 'ave bin a parlourmaid by now , ’ Ella Tomkin said . |
| 6 | It would make life a lot simpler to do these alterations when the words exist as digits in a computer 's memory , rather than as solid chunks of metal in the composing room . |
| 7 | That it would make life a lot happier for Manningham if he closed the deal at the price offered . |
| 8 | Clearly this would make life a lot easier for carers . |
| 9 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 10 | To recoup , the government is expected to speed up the passage of a law that would make insider-trading a crime . |
| 11 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 12 | 50MHz Vikings , which would give Sun a workstation performance rating in excess of 80 SPECmarks , are reportedly up and running , but are not ready for volume production . |
| 13 | Greenpeace in turn criticized the Commission 's proposals on the grounds that they would give industry a licence to burn waste rather than encourage it to minimize the production of waste . |
| 14 | Jack may be able to donate some scones we would have bingo a knock-out competition and the whisky roll plus a raffle . |