Example sentences of "to [pron] [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 that since it was up to them they 'd rather not .
2 He also had an unerring instinct , when faced with awkward legal problems , of finding solutions to them which would work in practice .
3 Opportunities have become available to them which would have been impossible in hospital .
4 If he went to them he would have to admit that he left her there .
5 If he came over to them she would have to introduce him , and that thought was enough to bring on near hysteria .
6 If God was good to them she 'd find no hide nor hair of Frank Arbuthnot .
7 I always said to them I would much prefer to supply fifty per cent of the monthly usage , spread it out throughout the year .
8 We 're all aware that for th for their number patients with superficial bladder cancer provide an enormous amount of our workload , and for reasons partly of husbanding our precious resources and also because lots of these patients come up with negative checks reducing the amount of irritation and upset to them it would be useful if we could do less than we do .
9 He 'd come round and it had been so nice , and we seemed to be so comfortable with each other , not just in bed you know , and it did n't occur to me we would n't do things together and see each other .
10 He , he , well it was a council house when he moved in and he come to me what 'd be , ten , twelve years since he says , I 've chance to buy that house he says , they want fifteen thousand he says what do you think ?
11 One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . "
12 You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid .
13 My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty .
14 … and in the short space of time allocated to me I would like you to know that this is an occasion at which I am indeed proud — extremely proud — to be present .
15 ‘ Still , if it had happened to me I would have been angry . ’
16 If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago .
17 If John 's moral life came to me I would say :
18 He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . "
19 And certainly after Sam and Anna 's kindness to me I would n't want to seem ungracious . ’
20 If you were married to me I would n't expect you to be bound to the house all day , every day .
21 The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe .
22 I want well out of it , so course she come in got changed , so he said to me I would like you tomorrow to have a word with Robin about stopping her coming down to us he said because erm it makes me feel very uncomfortable he said and we had that hassle he said it 's a load of nonsense he said I 've forgotten
23 ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’
24 P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’
25 ‘ I knew if you made love to me I 'd be lost … drowning … beyond help . ’
26 left to me I 'd take all curtains down
27 It seems to me it would not be at all difficult to cheat .
28 ‘ Not to me it would n't , ’ said Scarlet .
29 I mean , it seem to me it would be an ideal one if
30 Or if it 's gon na occur but it seems to me it would , or sounds like it would be a simple let in to the
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