Example sentences of "time [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | But if that that was only I was gon na say the other thing , when you 're talking about damage you know , at one time I would suggest that a good many years , you would n't see any damage out there . |
2 | All I was really clear about was that this time I would go on as long as my lungs and muscles would function . |
3 | Taking a room at the YMCA I made side-trips to Victoria , Nanaimo and Seattle , and vowed that next time I would go further south to see San Francisco , Los Angeles , Hollywood and Mexico . |
4 | That was not really convenient for me as I often did not know at what time I would return from saying Mass in the outstations . |
5 | It is at that time I would expect Leeds to be consistently playing and competing in the highest echelons of the leagues and cups — a bit like the scum are doing now ( the Gala-whatever-rice defeat excepted ) . |
6 | but at the same time I would want to afford er , you as heads of departments er er everybody 's heads of department a little bit of leeway what i what if , what wa wa we have to be careful about this that we set a standard but allow a little leeway because all departments are slightly different and want to approach things |
7 | same time I would think , never mind I will go and get some now |
8 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
9 | They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer . |
10 | I would not calculate this time , this time I would try to select my route in a random way . |
11 | In the course of time I would die and then it would all be over . |
12 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
13 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
14 | Up in the Hebrides — and in time I would find myself filming mink there , too — the effect of the animals on ground-nesting birds such as common and arctic terns appears to be serious . |
15 | If anything , by this time I would have welcomed the security not of a rope , but of seeing Sgurr a Mhaim about a mile closer . |
16 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
17 | At one time I would have suggested that everyone would shed surplus fat on a ration of 1,500 calories daily . |
18 | If I noticed in time I would have to run after him and ask for it . |
19 | Then , obviously wanting to leave us alone , our friend said that he had to go to the village of Lalatta for a short time ; he would be back in twenty minutes , by which time I would have to start making my way back to Lagrimone . |
20 | This time I would have to lie down . |
21 | Quite a long time I would have start probably with more than thirty years ago , because me Mum always make cheese and I just thought making when I was still a girl at the school and since we came here and farmed on me own behalf well twenty six years we 've been making cheeses here . |
22 | It was the last time I would have to go . |
23 | ‘ At that time I would have done anything to finish the film . |
24 | Whilst at Abu Sueir I managed to get a great deal of tennis but my rugger was curtailed slightly , I played for a scratch side called the Canal Zone but was not allowed to take part in away matches because of the time I would have to spend away from the course due to travelling . |
25 | I do n't really think at that time I would have had enough experience to justify going on the staff . |
26 | At a time when he was lounging about in bed most of the time I would have loved a bed tray but I not think , I do n't think I 'm going to bother with one now . |
27 | And the human frame on to which I had grafted this delusion had definitely left Cliff Top , but despite this , from time to time I would come across what seemed like obscure messages , quirkily encoded , that threatened to upset my peace of mind . |
28 | ‘ Next time I would keep my hands up — it was my own fault . |
29 | At this moment in time I would agree with you entirely . |
30 | During this time I would stifle all feelings of guilt . |