Example sentences of "would [vb infin] me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'VE always said I 'm into snooker and boxing , but not even money would tempt me into managing players from any other sport . |
| 2 | He had pictures in his office that he would show me of well-equipped armed bands that he said were taken down in the middle of Nicaragua . |
| 3 | I had every hope that the industrial-strength whoosh of steam the manufacturers trumpet so loudly would present me with crease-free shirts and service my morning cappuccino . |
| 4 | He said he would provide me with male clients for sex therapy . |
| 5 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 6 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 7 | He would lead me through small flocks of goats , or to where the traffic was worst , and then briefly hide from me in the narrow alley-ways or the open shops . |
| 8 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |