Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , we would rather do it that way . |
| 2 | When he eventually introduced himself , she politely told him that she would rather pay her own bill and had enough money to do so . |
| 3 | They would rather mount their own bid . |
| 4 | Well she would rather have her own than be dressed up like looking like rolled doll she said . |
| 5 | So he did what he was going to do anyway , what would most engage his own attention , and invited the others to share the preoccupation — which was as much as any man could do , he thought . |
| 6 | They wanted to stay in Croatia , but they felt that continued conflict would only threaten their own personal security and future . |
| 7 | At most I would only buy one each of the values up to 15 volts . |
| 8 | Either send in a large team , which would eventually draw attention to itself ; use a sleeper , which would only cause its own problems ; or call in a loner . |
| 9 | She would only take her own daughter home . |
| 10 | Usually the suggestors get the job of managing the news groups and would only impose their own standards of control . |
| 11 | A special amendment stipulated that Macedonia would henceforth regulate its own balance of payments . |
| 12 | He told him how much of his pay he had saved up for today , how he would personally kick him all the way back to Newmarket if he did n't win , how he was a big beautiful bastard that could n't fucking lose , could he ? |
| 13 | I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take . |
| 14 | Oh they would just tell you some extraordinary story they 'd seen They 'd heard Seen a ghost or heard a ghost or a something . |
| 15 | I would just put it all those in favour say aye |
| 16 | Darwin if he read this book would scarcely recognize his own original theory in it , though I hope he would like the way I put it . |
| 17 | And yet I would not lay it all on him — ’ |
| 18 | It would not matter what any inhabitant of Nunes told the police about Mary , for she had departed soon after that . |
| 19 | She would not give him that pleasure , she thought savagely . |
| 20 | He would not do her any real harm . |
| 21 | It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment . |
| 22 | But she would not lend him any . |
| 23 | Even the area down at the riverside would not hold them all , so that the legions had to make various other encampments , scattered wherever there was suitable ground . |
| 24 | Terence would not mention his own name to anybody , he was confident of that , but he must be told to say nothing about the rest of it , to anyone . |
| 25 | It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more . |
| 26 | However , Oginga Odinga , the interim chairman of FORD , had earlier declared that he would not relinquish his own candidacy . |
| 27 | They could then be sold , but of course , they would not fetch anything much . " |
| 28 | She would not visit her own family , except as a formality , and then as briefly as decency permitted . |
| 29 | If we started with a clean sheet of paper we would not plan it that way . |
| 30 | As she lifted her head to look at him , he proudly held the peonies at arm 's length and prayed she would not notice their many imperfections . |