Example sentences of "would [verb] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at all times I would prefer them to act as if they have non-speaking parts . |
| 2 | ‘ But I would prefer them to stay on land . |
| 3 | I was a Sunday School teacher erm when I was in my secondary school and I wondered what God would want me to do with my life when I left school and I thought maybe he wants me to be a missionary and I thought it was only teachers and doctors that could be missionaries I was wrong was n't I ? |
| 4 | It had n't sunk in that you would want me to go with you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I always give 110 per cent and that 's why fans at most clubs would want me to play for their teams if I was to get a move from Arsenal . ’ |
| 6 | It 's a great tribute to the that they have managed triumph over adversity and achieved such tremendous results this season and I am sure that members would want me to place on record the Council 's congratulations on their performance . |
| 7 | Who would who would want you to go on top of the bonfire . |
| 8 | And then he pointed out that he would need me to translate for him with students and the authorities . |
| 9 | Did he also notice that twice as many people would trust him to negotiate on Europe for this country as would trust the Leader of the Opposition ? |
| 10 | If she did n't make a stand now he would expect her to jump to his bidding for the rest of the voyage . |
| 11 | ‘ People would expect me to come into a room and crack them up , ’ Rowan , 36 , told Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 12 | I do not believe that the House would expect me to comment on Mr. Thorpe 's particular case , beyond expressing the sympathy of the House for his condition . |
| 13 | Students should be asked to consider particular items of costs that are traditionally classified as variable and fixed and to comment how they would expect them to behave over activity levels in reality . |
| 14 | We would expect it to head towards one , would n't we ? |
| 15 | If so , then one would expect it to read like an extension of the church notices . |
| 16 | Yes you would like me to talk about noise . |
| 17 | And she would like me to go to the well women 's clinic every Wednesday it 's run . |
| 18 | I should like to hear from you which subjects you would like me to write about and what problems you have had ( and of course successes ! ) . |
| 19 | As I am unmarried , with no children , and fairly wealthy , I would like her to come to Madeira to live with me , and to inherit all my property when I die . |
| 20 | I would like him to explain to the Americans , whose US banner had ‘ his ’ rings the size of footballs , or to the Swedes , who had the Olympic logo emblazoned across their tracksuits , and to the many other teams why Great Britain are not entitled to wear it . |
| 21 | Now she would like them to go to costumiers for inspiration . |
| 22 | The presenting problem should be recognised , for example , ‘ Your niece wondered if you would like us to arrange for you to come out for the day once a week ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 . . |
| 24 | If there is any issue you would like us to put to the Public Opinion test please let the editor know . |
| 25 | Please let me know therefore whether you would like us to remain as a member , at the old rate . |
| 26 | Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those . |
| 27 | They are the editors , they 're not the sole authors so each chapter has a different author erm and like all books some are stronger than others but what I would like you to do for the next , by the time we meet next time , that 's on Monday the next lecture , please have read chapters one and two of that book . |
| 28 | We would like you to talk to Earth Commander . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Stand at ease , Piper , ’ remarked Charlie , a big grin on his face , then he went serious and remarked slowly , ‘ You have done what you came here to do , Piper ; you piped Lovat 's brigade ashore and now I would like you to return to Achnacarry with me this evening . |
| 30 | Jody perhaps you could like would like to think , if you want us to listen to your playing this afternoon I would like you to listen to what I have to say this morning please . |