Example sentences of "would [vb infin] me [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 2 | Tommy 'd ask me how much money we 'd done that day . |
| 3 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 4 | I was surprised , certainly , but I did n't think it would affect me too much . ’ |
| 5 | Neither was I to know that I should indeed one fine day have a son who would make me very proud of him at the ‘ Other Place ’ , but that it would be from green eyes that the light of intelligence and wit would shine . |
| 6 | For example , it would make me very happy if I could see you every night across my dinner table ; if when I woke in the morning , I would hear you wish me ‘ Bonjour , chéri ! ’ in that so charming accent of yours . |
| 7 | ‘ It would make me very jealous and insecure . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd share your gin , ’ the Bishop 's wife said , ‘ except that it would make me further inclined to cry . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ My monthly salary would buy me just four bottles of Johnny Walker whisky on the black market , ’ said Hatim , a professor of engineering at Baghdad University . |
| 10 | ‘ I was hoping you would show me how friendly we were by coming to get me . ’ |
| 11 | Her XR3i , I calculated , would do me just fine for a few days . |
| 12 | It would surprise me very much if we agreed to a boycott , ’ said one Italian analyst . |
| 13 | I could come back as Kylie Minogue 's bra , but that would leave me seriously unfulfilled . |
| 14 | You 're very perceptive , because there are things playing on my mind , and yes … it would help me so much if I could talk them over with someone . |
| 15 | ‘ That would please me very much . ’ |
| 16 | Last night I would not have thought that would worry me so much , but this morning it does . |