Example sentences of "i would have [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time I was convinced that nothing could work and that I would have to spend the rest of my life obsessed with food , hating my body , eating every day to the point of pain , and desperately frightened if I could n't find any laxatives or make myself sick . |
| 2 | ‘ Indeed , but for my brother 's tears , his reproaches that I had not drawn my sword , I would have dismissed the whole affair as a nightmare . ’ |
| 3 | The only practical problem at the time was that I would have to take the orchestra on its American tour in the first months of 1955 at a time when I was contracted to conduct a new Ring cycle at La Scala , Milan . |
| 4 | We rented a plot of land and so I would have to take the meal out to my husband at mid-day . |
| 5 | I now knew that I would have to put the wheelbarrow back on the road next morning , despite a relative abundance of settlements . |
| 6 | And I would have lost the chance to sail across the Pacific with Ellen , because Ellen was on the verge of agreeing to come with me , and if I had not yielded to the policeman 's blackmail I would have lost Ellen as well as my boat . |
| 7 | But I would have to give the money to him , mind . ’ |
| 8 | I think I would have to give the biscuit to him because one day I was down at the bankruptcy court and I discovered that he had 130 petitions on the file and I do n't think mine reached 100 ! |
| 9 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 10 | I would have lit the fire for you . ’ |
| 11 | Had I been able to come , I would have sought the union 's support our wish to see full advantage being taken in Wales of the CAP 's Agri-Environment Programme . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I was influenced by AM radio all the time I was growing up , which was all the great '50s rock'n'roll , and I suppose I would have to include The Beatles in that . |
| 13 | The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about . |
| 14 | In fact , if I 'd been there I would have given the wretched old woman a hefty slap myself — just to see how she liked it ! ’ |
| 15 | If there has been tricky manoeuvres I would have ignored the set course and followed my own , turning a circle if necessary : this was a schooling round , not an attempt to win a rosette . |
| 16 | Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis . |
| 17 | And they , I I suggested they should come and collect it , and if I had n't got a er er er er a reasonable answer , I would have phoned the police . |
| 18 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 19 | Earlier Mr Garber told the tribunal : ‘ If a male member of staff belonged to the Chippendales and brought in photos I would have done the same . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would have done the same . |
| 21 | First , though , I would have to consult the Factory again . |
| 22 | I would have to telephone the grocer , if I was to go on . |
| 23 | ‘ My house has been broken into , my sister and I could have been in danger and all you 're concerned about is whether or not I would have shot the bastard who did it . ’ |
| 24 | Well — if she had taken kindlier to her a year ago , we might have been wed by now , and I would have escaped the list . ’ |
| 25 | Oh no I would have played the nine anyway . |
| 26 | I pulled at it , jiggled it , checked the zero twice and I think I would have oiled the scales if I 'd had oil with me . |
| 27 | ‘ First , had I chosen to have an abortion or for him to be allowed to die , I would have made the biggest mistake of my life . |
| 28 | The very next day , Sunday , I would have to attend the same chapel in its religious function , and the fact that the previous evening it had been a battleground for people who were supposed to be friends and allies , while the ‘ enemy ’ got on with his job uninterrupted outside , led to a more or less permanent confusion in my mind , which I now believe to be totally justified , between violence and religion , and between fact and fancy [ or film ] . |
| 29 | I would have to sell the second vase . |
| 30 | I would have timesed the ind |