Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [Wh adv] much " in BNC.

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1 Although Mr Neubert would not say how much the three Swan Hunter Type 23s will cost , it is thought to be about three-quarters the price of recently built Type 22 frigates , which have a crew of 240 as against 170 for the Duke class .
2 AMI would not say how much the contract was worth or how long it was due to run .
3 In a weekend interview , she dismissed that figure as ‘ a joke ’ — but would not say how much of her fortune went in the Lloyd 's ‘ Names ’ disaster , four years ago .
4 Examination results were limited , national testing and assessment would provide " a wider-based source of information " ( Audit Commission 1989:7 ) but again this information would not reveal how much was attributable to the school and how much to the home .
5 Mr Preece said the Four Seasons , in Saltburn , was a top quality home which has boosted interest in the sale but he would not discuss how much was being offered for the different homes .
6 Guy 's parents asked if he would live , and were told that he would , but that the doctors would not know how much brain damage he might have suffered until he came out of the coma and regained consciousness .
7 He would n't say how much money it had cost him to get married , but did say the money he would have made from Jamie 's maiden win would have helped in a big way .
8 He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands .
9 He does not however see Bull following ICL Plc and becoming an 80%-owned subsidiary of a Japanese company , but he would n't say how much of the equity he would allow to pass into foreign hands .
10 My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror .
11 He would then enquire how much I 'd paid for the latest irreparable objects , and if it had been 20p or less he 'd say , with satisfaction , ‘ Well , at least it had a decent plug ’ , and the decent plug would go into the decent plug box .
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