Example sentences of "would [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | No , no I 'd I rather suspect that the erm , the cancelled the contract . |
2 | An old man in the corner sang Where the water lilies grow And on the jukebox , Johnny sang about a thing called love And it 's how 're ya kid and what 's your name and how 'd you bloody know … |
3 | But er , we 'd we obviously like your agreement to er to this very important er resolution . |
4 | How 'd he ever fancy her ? |
5 | Would I even care ? |
6 | And where would I most like to spend the rest of the day ? |
7 | Would I rather exercise alone , with a friend or in a group ? |
8 | What would I normally do , or anybody normally do , I ca n't see Hilary ? |
9 | And would I please stop publishing on psychoanalysis and leave it to my elders and betters . |
10 | Would I please see Deputy Head before dinner . |
11 | So would I , would I still use that or what do you think , painkillers or what doctor ? |
12 | This is because I can always ask ‘ Would I still prescribe that action if it was I who had that desire ? ’ |
13 | If I wanted to pay annually would I still get fifty thousand pounds worth of cover , or would I have to pay two hundred and forty pounds per year ? |
14 | I do n't think you would I certainly do n't think you would find divorced from the real world because he 's involved in consultancy work and research work with the national companies out with the organisation |
15 | With £250 to blow on a set-up , what would I really want ? |
16 | The cherries were most certainly stolen , but would I really have been a better person if I had left them on the plate ? |
17 | Oh , they would make a show of looking — taking my belongings was , after all , theft — but would I really prosecute my … lover ? |
18 | Would I actually want to read the next line , in terms of a press release ? |
19 | Would I actually get a tax refund |
20 | ‘ Nor would I ever mention your name . ’ |
21 | Well , you could , no you can ask yourself , you can ask yourself , because you 've said to me very clearly that you do not regard yourself as ever speaking for yourself , surely you can now think , would I ever want to answer a question like that ? |
22 | ‘ Would I ever do such a thing , Fran ? ’ |
23 | ‘ Why on earth would I ever think to question your ability ? |
24 | And would I ever get the sides and base of the hole smooth enough to take a liner ? |
25 | Oh baby , if I were n't so trammelled , would I ever like to rev up and give this little sweetheart one cosmic klop on the jaw . |
26 | ‘ How , I wondered , would I ever win the Nobel Prize ? |
27 | So after you you 've erm do it would I then go out to see people , is this what you 're meaning ? |
28 | Would I then purchase their goods as a result of a programme being sponsored by that company ? |
29 | Would I perhaps welcome the security of a helicopter , or welcome the security of waking up in bed to find that it was all a dream and I had n't actually gone hill-walking at all because I had a date with Gerard Depardieu ? |
30 | That was n't so difficult , was it ? ’ he said , and , when Caroline admitted that it had n't been , he said that in that case , would she please agree to do another private showing in mid-afternoon ? |