Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’
2 And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’
3 He would just make me go and wipe it all off .
4 Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless .
5 He spoke publicly about the need for each state to work out its own solution and erm earlier in that year , in fact it 's nineteen fifty seven , I think I said fifty four before , er earlier in that year nineteen fifty seven er Eisenhower said in a speech in r in response to a hypothetical question he said I ca n't imagine any set of circumstances that would ever induce me to send federal troops into any state to enforce the orders of a federal court .
6 I thought he would always make me suffer , whatever happened .
7 In fact , if they do have a complaint , it 's that they would probably like me to go back full time — which is very nice to know ! ’
8 Then he paused before demanding , ‘ Answer me this … if it was an accident and you 're not a vandal , but rather , as you would clearly have me believe , an honest , decent , upright citizen , why did you try to sneak away ?
9 And even though I had been very well paid in my previous job , this would also enable me to reap the financial rewards of my expertise , ’ he says .
10 You would also expect me to say that .
11 lt would also help me to decide whether I should go out with them . ’
12 It would also help me to get a work permit for the British League next year .
13 It would also allow me to experiment as much as I likes with the interesting colours of the Winsor & Newton Artists ' Acrylic Colour range and with some of the techniques that are particularly well suited to the acrylic medium .
14 We were playing in France , in a place called Cognac and this kid came up to me , gave me a guitar and said he would really like me to test it for him .
15 As a child , I thought about this a good deal and my father would often invite me to feel the holes in his head — taking my fingers in his hand and guiding them to the slight depressions under his vaselined hair .
16 Now if you would kindly allow me to pass . ’
17 Meaning you know paper plates and what not and she said oh last time sister Joyce would even let me use the kitchen , I said you can use the kitchen , I just wondered erm , you know , so anyway
18 Gary would sometimes see me staring up at them , and he 'd say , you know , it 's no good trying to read the stars up there … the only real stars here tonight are those two making out on the dance floor .
19 She would never want me to sell my share . "
20 My mother , having strict ideas about morality , would never allow me to go to balere in the evenings , so we spent them sitting on a wall near our house , usually with other friends .
21 I know , Anne would never let me go .
22 ‘ Do you know she would never let me speak to you on the phone ?
23 Dennis would never let me forget what he had done for me , and come September I had nothing to look forward to except another year of slavery on Clive 's treadmill .
24 ‘ Michel would never let me meet him , ’ Andrée said .
25 I 'm saying no matter what my mum would never let me come for an hour , two hour .
26 She said I want an organ but mum would never let me have one .
27 He would never let me touch them , always cleaned them himself .
28 Easy path or not , a climb of over 4,000 feet every Monday morning would certainly make me phone in with a headache .
29 ‘ Thank you , Mandy , that would certainly help me come to terms with all my shattered dreams .
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