Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would you rather have — a charge or a general thinning out of staffing levels — and almost unanimously it was ‘ We 'd rather pay a reasonable charge ’ . |
| 2 | a cream , yeah , a cream telly you know , oh I 'll have that one he says when you sell it , oh Christ almighty , I thought I was , excuse me perhaps I , I would like a teletext one , just get , you know I do n't want , I 'm not sort I do n't like the colour , I 'd rather see a white one in the corner |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 4 | But we 'd rather have a major scare that turned out to be a false alarm than the real thing and a late start , sir . ’ |
| 5 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 6 | So sorry can I just ask , so in effect you have n't shifted your ground from the view which you expressed in paragraph three point six of your submission where you 've just confirmed in fact that you 'd rather have a proper or the ability to make a sort of proper measured allocations , part of which would make provision or allow the facility to cater for major inward investment ? |
| 7 | If you 'd rather have a cold drink |
| 8 | I 'd rather play a different version . |
| 9 | They 'd , they 'd all have a little bash , one or two fingers you know , I did even on , on , on one particular one . |
| 10 | I 'd much prefer a menu-driven program built into WordPerfect itself . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm so glad — because you 'd obviously make a marvellous mother , ’ she said enthusiastically . |
| 12 | I 'd only shoot a little bird if it was dead , if it was like half dead , like if Joe had shot it al |
| 13 | Erm , and then I just thought I 'd finally conclude a bright , cos I think it , it 's like how I see myself at work , erm with showing you where our work comes from erm and basically you 've got all these arrows coming in and er sometimes you do have a sense of feeling quite bombarded with requests for work , but the main , I mean the main formal source of our work is the local government sub committee , which is erm , like Mary was referring to earlier , every department or unit in our in the Council have to formally report and get it 's work through by a Council committee , our committee is the local government sub committee and it formally sets our work programme once a year , and I our priorities , it also comes up with other things it would like us to do by the way , during the course of the year , so erm , that includes Mary as well . . |
| 14 | I 've seen them , but I mean if , if they saw anything , I think they 'd just turn a blind eye to most of it . |
| 15 | Well they 'd just get a suitable field to keep the whole lot . |
| 16 | Erm wi if you had the accommodation of both houses downstairs , you 'd have you 'd easily have a good size sitting room . |
| 17 | Chairman Sir Anthony Tennant rightly predicted that many of us would be too hard up to stand a round of drinks in the pub anymore — but that we 'd still fancy a cheap tipple at home . |
| 18 | Even if things did n't go to plan , we 'd still have a useful resort property … |
| 19 | ‘ Of course with your looks you 'd probably have a marvellous time . |
| 20 | We 'd heard he had thirty billion pounds to spend on tanks and things and we reckoned that when he left he 'd probably have a little bit left over for a tip . |
| 21 | Obviously you ca n't do this while you have the ball ( you 'd kick it instead ) , or when you 're very close to it ( you 'd probably execute a sliding tackle ) . |
| 22 | I 'd also begin a worldwide arms conversion programme , and rehabilitate those involved in the arms trade . |
| 23 | You 're sick with love for him , but he 'd never give a plain Jane like you a second 's thought . " |
| 24 | Oh yes , I 'd never get a professional job on that heavy cloth and all the so at some point that 'll . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd never get a bald Ancient Briton , would you ? ’ she said . |
| 26 | You might have thought I 'd happily become a little playmate for you to while away a few tedious hours with , but let me tell you , Mr Jacobsen , you were way off the mark . ’ |
| 27 | It was already chaotically busy with officials and administrators knitting together the many responsibilities which would eventually make a successful tournament . |
| 28 | Jenny Ball had , since May 1984 , taken responsibility for youth work in the community college — a position that she hoped would eventually become a part-time permanent post . |
| 29 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 30 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |