Example sentences of "would [vb infin] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we find him for you , I fancy we 'd value a few minutes of his time ourselves , if we find him … ’ |
| 2 | You 'd need a few more clues to establish her Oxford connections … but in fact she was a student here at Somerville College , winning a first class degree … and she was born in the city , here at Brewer Street . |
| 3 | Mind you , you 'd need a few cushions |
| 4 | In 1981 Seve asked me if I 'd do a few tournaments with him when he came to the States . |
| 5 | He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all . |
| 6 | I told them if we did n't get more light and heat up here soon I 'd tear a few more of them apart , but after that they only started acting all stupid , and anyway they 'll soon forget ; they always do . " |
| 7 | Zounds ! — I 'd like a few minutes at the bottom of her ! |
| 8 | You 'd like a few freebie games too ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 10 | And er , they were so pleased with your efforts , that they 've sent the Town Clerk some more tapes , and they 'd like a few more . |
| 11 | If I say to you , Sarah I 'd like a few words with you . |
| 12 | I , I 'd like a few mini eggs . |
| 13 | We 'd go out on the town , hit a few cocktail parties , go dancing , and I 'd drop a few hundred quid on a weekend . ’ |
| 14 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
| 15 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 16 | At least she 'd have a few precious moments alone with him before Doreen arrived . |
| 17 | I 'd pass a few ex a few exams and I 'd do lots of shows and festivals and I 've won money for my dance school . |
| 18 | what , and what I 'd do is I 'd put a few more spots in |
| 19 | Thought I 'd put a few of them up . |
| 20 | I first started to write at school and I 'd charge a few pence for each story — you should have seen what I was writing for the girls . |
| 21 | ‘ The team had put on a marvellous display out in Georgia and I thought we 'd get a few more than 6,000 . |
| 22 | And sort of , I think it shows a lot the timelessness of , of costume and clothes , because this could be worn , I mean I 'm , you 'd get a few looks , but I mean it could be worn today and it 's quite , it 's awfully Laura Ashley is n't it |
| 23 | If he 'd hit a few bumps in the road , it could have ended up wiping his face out , but he did very , very well . ’ |
| 24 | He told the Congress of People 's Deputies that , while he would make a few personnel changes in his Cabinet , he would not give up his position as Prime Minister until he was sure the reforms had become irreversible . |
| 25 | Over the pint Henry would make a few more casual references to Elinor 's polyneuritis . |
| 26 | I would wait a few weeks to see if it grows or clears up of its own accord and if it is still there , go to the vet . |
| 27 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 28 | Throughout the next two years I had lost interest in the game I would wait a few months and then in a space of a week I would go and have a few games it was n't until 1993 early January that I started playing regularly again I was determined to get a handicap and play in a few competitions sometime that year . |
| 29 | He would wait a few more minutes and then he 'd go . |
| 30 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |