Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came as some comfort to me when I was about to leave Dowayoland that the chief of my village said that he would gladly accompany me back to my English village but that he feared a country where it was always cold , where there were savage beasts like the European dogs at the mission , and where it was known there were cannibals . ’ |
| 2 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 3 | Let's say then , I just , I used to have to work on eleven appointments a week because if I had eleven appointments a week , two people would perhaps blow me out , change their minds , two people would rearrange , two people would say no thank you , and another two would say , yes , but I need to do it next month , which might leave me with two sales . |
| 4 | If you would just let me through . ’ |
| 5 | So I would , thought Bobby , if you would just let me close the door now and then , but he only said , ‘ I 've heard of Hertzl . ’ |
| 6 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 7 | You would not leave me behind now ? ’ |
| 8 | You would not leave me behind ? ’ |
| 9 | I had to wreck it and the equipment sustaining it , but my limbs would not propel me forward . |
| 10 | The latter has been my guardian and close confidant from infancy — he would not fail me now ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have no doubt about that , otherwise you would not annoy me so frequently . ’ |
| 12 | He would not see me there ; he condescended to see me at my hotel . |
| 13 | He would not recognise me now . |
| 14 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 15 | ‘ There is something , though — you would hardly ring me up this early just to wish me a happy birthday for tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | Galadriel 's song in the Common Speech ends with regret and a question , ‘ What ship would ever bear me back across so wide a Sea ? ’ , but her Quenya one on hope and an assertion , ‘ Maybe thou shalt find Valinor . |
| 17 | ‘ Even at that point , NME writers would still ask me how my mates The Cockroaches were doing , ’ he says . |
| 18 | It would probably throw me completely If you |
| 19 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 20 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 21 | WHEN my NHS three-tooth bridge had to be replaced , I found to my horror that what had cost £150 three years ago would now set me back some £650 if supplied privately . |
| 22 | If you 'd seen me five or six years ago , you would n't recognize me now . |
| 23 | The woman at the villa , Barbara Coleman , would n't tell me where it was and so I went to Durance and he was equally determined about it . |
| 24 | She would n't tell me exactly what he 'd said . |
| 25 | ‘ You would n't tell me otherwise , would you ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then she would n't want me enough , ’ he said flatly . |
| 27 | ‘ You would n't want me there . ’ |
| 28 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 29 | " I think … if my father discovered about us — I think he would n't punish me so much as my mother . |
| 30 | I wished I could say yes , I minded like hell , it would n't cost me much in the circumstances . |