Example sentences of "would [verb] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any . |
| 2 | Do I have any additional qualities which would make me suitable ? |
| 3 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 4 | The experience I would hope to gain in an Earthwatch project would make me competent enough to join hands with the necessary authorities in improving the condition of these game reserves . |
| 5 | Because I thought he could use me in his own way , and that would make me happy . |
| 6 | It occurred to me that I should perhaps wait for my daughter Sophie outside her school , to make sure she understood that I had not abandoned her , had merely left Lou for a man who loved me and would make me happy ; that things would presently calm down , and as soon as Hugo and I had sorted things out a little and established our new home she could join us . |
| 7 | Most of the women he goes off with when we have a bad row are certainly not the type which would make me jealous — which , of course , is the main purpose of the exercise ! |
| 8 | I knew that his clothes , his manners and uneducated way of speaking would make me ashamed of him . |
| 9 | Mr Sewell said : ‘ It would make me seasick before we left port . ’ |
| 10 | That would make me some kind of accessory after the fact , would n't it ? ’ |
| 11 | My sister ate , but I refused , not out of sacrifice nor because I was resisting temptation ( I firmly believed that meat would make me ill , as my mother said ) , but because I knew — though this formulation is the adult 's rather than the ten-year old 's — that the price of the meal was condemnation of my mother 's oddness , and I was n't having that . |
| 12 | That looks pretty good — I du n no if it 's steak and kidney or chicken , but either way would suit me fine . |
| 13 | That would suit me fine . |
| 14 | I had little to do except wait and see how they would attack me next . ’ |
| 15 | But in that case , I would have the consolation of winning my bet , which would bring me four years of the magazine Private Eye . |
| 16 | Sometimes after school we would visit their house and she would show me all her nice clothes . |
| 17 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 18 | ‘ No ; but the woman said she would show me some pretty dresses , new ones , not — ’ She looked downwards now before she said , ‘ Smelly stuff off the cart . ’ |
| 19 | The Bishop thought a change would do me good and my next appointment was to Port Victoria where the language was Oluluyha and I could begin again trying to make myself understood ! |
| 20 | I thought the change would do me good ! |
| 21 | I could n't explain that I would have had to leave in a month or so anyway — but I pointed out that in fact I was n't well , had n't been for quite a while whatever he chose to think , and that a rest would do me good . |
| 22 | ‘ I knew , when I first saw you , that you would do me good . |
| 23 | He thought it would do me good . |
| 24 | I still was n't feeling strong or back to my normal fitness , but I thought that some fresh air would do me good ( well that was my excuse anyway ! ) . |
| 25 | But I do n't think it would do me any harm to develop some more organizational skills because mos most jobs require them . |
| 26 | ‘ Who would send me all these roses ? ’ |
| 27 | His smile deepened as he added , ‘ I have been told that I am a good lover and I can think of nothing in this world that would give me greater pleasure than to teach you the plaisirs d'amour . |
| 28 | ‘ Nothing would give me greater pleasure . ’ |
| 29 | Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see Eire not qualify . |
| 30 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |