Example sentences of "would [adv] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd rather have a corned beef sandwich . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | Well , frankly , I 'd rather have a little mud than a hatchet thrown at my back . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | If you 'd rather have a cold drink |
| 6 | I 'd rather have the good luck tonight , I thought , as I resumed my walk to the clubhouse . |
| 7 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 8 | No you 'd rather have the head one ? |
| 9 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
| 10 | They 'd , they 'd all have a little bash , one or two fingers you know , I did even on , on , on one particular one . |
| 11 | Erm wi if you had the accommodation of both houses downstairs , you 'd have you 'd easily have a good size sitting room . |
| 12 | Even if things did n't go to plan , we 'd still have a useful resort property … |
| 13 | Of course , this is not even really a realistic option , because you 'd still have the impossible communication problem of getting the information out to the individuals involved in the first place , and then getting the answers back again and coordinating them to make some sort of over-all sense . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course with your looks you 'd probably have a marvellous time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She 'd probably have the bad taste to put him in one of her cynical , satirical stories . |
| 17 | Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep , than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia . |
| 18 | I would rather have a little shop , a holiday home and be getting married and having kids . |
| 19 | But when the chips are down and he 's feeling blue , Charlie sees himself as ‘ The Maryhill Hermit ’ , a victim of his public image , and a man who would rather have a quiet night with the wife than a night out with the wild bunch . |
| 20 | would rather have an old man . |
| 21 | When it comes to safety when it comes to safety I would rather have an electric cooker . |
| 22 | The French would rather have the neutral Finns opting out of the EC 's common foreign policy , for example , than watering it down . |
| 23 | This , they noted , was particularly so in the German companies which would presumably have a comparative advantage over British firms in this respect anyway . |
| 24 | If hunting were banned on all of that it would only have a small marginal effect but we can as Mr said only ban hunting on land we both own and control , land in hand , that actually totals a hundred and fifty eight acres , slightly smaller than Victoria Park but that includes road , bridleways , land with no access , S S S Is , Sites of Special Scientific Interest , land awaiting disposal the land capable of being hunted and in hand totals fifty two acres about as much of Victoria Park as I can see from my front window . |
| 25 | Fortunately she had n't finished unloading the car , so would only have a single hold-all to carry back downstairs . |
| 26 | The innovation of Private Eye ensured that deference , if not quite dead , would henceforth have a hard time . |
| 27 | Following the Normansfield Report , the Secretary of State announced that the development team would henceforth have an inspectorial element added to its advisory service function , and health authorities were to be asked to review their arrangements for monitoring performance at individual hospitals . |
| 28 | Measures adopted included the creation of the post of Prime Minister ; in addition the political bureau was now to consist of 400 members and would be a deliberative rather than an executive body ; the executive role would be assumed by an 80-member central committee ; and the party would henceforth have an elected secretary-general . |
| 29 | ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’ |
| 30 | Your article on crime in America ( December 22nd ) suggests that laws severely restricting access to firearms would somehow have the happy effect of bringing peace and tranquillity to the United States . |