Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather pick this one because it makes life easier , you can see |
| 2 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd rather fill this page with angry letters attacking people who are entertained/moved by fascism , racism , homophobia , whether it 's Morrissey ‘ exploring its fascination ’ or someone scooping out their own shit and trying to sell it to us as ‘ common sense ’ , than have another letter like yours , the first half ( not printed here , lucky readers ) of which is something incomprehensible about The Wedding Present — DQ |
| 4 | Well er sir the same point applies , and I 'd only say this . |
| 5 | Needless to say , the cairn crumbled , probably sabotaged by a disgruntled worker who got home to find he 'd already read this particular volume of Gaelic poetry , and Ben Lawers remains at 3,984 feet . |
| 6 | Yes , he 'd always have this ghastly image imprinted on his mind — a grossly obscene caricature of the real Sandy . |
| 7 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |
| 8 | You 'd really do this for me ? ’ |
| 9 | You 'd never hear this in a club environment but who cares ? |
| 10 | The make-up 's brilliant — and I 'd definitely wear this catsuit . ’ |
| 11 | If the parasitized snails had had extra-thin shells , we 'd happily explain this as an obvious debilitating effect on the snail 's constitution . |
| 12 | I 'd happily take this camera on my adventurous travels . |
| 13 | Yet , in the preface to that report , the Chairman , the Bishop of Salisbury , states that as the result of the Commission 's deliberations , ‘ belief in an impassible God is discarded ’ and many contemporary theologians would wholeheartedly echo this . |
| 14 | They were constructing a series of weirs upstream , so they had told her at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , which would eventually control this annual predator , but for this year , at least , it surged down irresistibly as ever , biting acres out of its banks as it cornered , like a ferocious animal frustrated . |
| 15 | Your parents hate it and would gladly lynch this band rather than let them dabble with your adolescent hormones that ca n't help wanting to shag them senseless in a vat of cold custard . |
| 16 | We have a host of very satisfied customers who would gladly endorse this . |
| 17 | ‘ I would rather do this . |
| 18 | It was impossible to evaluate my effectiveness as a role model , facilitator and practical teacher in terms of the time involved , but I was reassured by the fact I had spent 10 per cent of my time formally teaching students — although some nurses would rather spend this time at the bedside . |
| 19 | There is much debate still as to which treatment would most benefit this group . |
| 20 | Of course , I would only do this in the evenings when the streets were at their quietest . |
| 21 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 22 | He made it his golden rule never to attack the Tories without attacking Labour , to keep equidistant between the two parties , to declare constantly that he was appalled by the thought of coalition with either , and would only undertake this under what he saw as a clear ( if only mathematical ) directive from the voters . |
| 23 | He supposed the women in his life would only stop this outrageous assessing of the women he went out with , when he finally stopped going out with any and settled at home with one . |
| 24 | As singles usually make a loss for record companies , being ‘ tasters ’ for the album , any large marketing campaign would only increase this deficit . |
| 25 | We would only add this . |
| 26 | Also , I 'd like to come over all clichéd now and say that it seems that you do get what you pay for , and while the Hohner is a very capable bass I would personally bypass this mid-price level and put the money to something else . |
| 27 | The teaching and research staff , and the academic centre the course would make possible , would greatly enrich this process within Britain ; it could indeed be seen as an important example of resource-sharing from south to north . |
| 28 | Frederica , now smoothing and folding her telegrams , would perhaps learn this . |
| 29 | If a seller had been ringing for fifteen or twenty minutes before the phone was even answered , he would naturally resent this ultimate insult . |
| 30 | I would better understand this type of ‘ high-tech ’ approach if you demolished the whole of Trafalgar Square and started again with a single architect responsible for the entire layout . |