Example sentences of "we would get " in BNC.

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1 We 'd get to one poem four or five days into the war , or after The Belgrano or Sir Galahad , and then you have ‘ Lie Still ’ … which is sombre , like a tribute , and then the others , like ‘ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night ’ , which started off as a camp throwaway as a tango ; but the poems put together with an orchestra gives them much more depth . ’
2 Apart from Nora and the weirdos we 'd get people buying it for their girlfriends , as a laugh Some girls , those who were a bit more out there , would buy the rubber wear for themselves .
3 We 'd get £50 or £60 a night — which might not sound like a lot but that 's still what young bands get for the same gigs today .
4 She said we 'd get some in the sales , but I suppose it 's too late now .
5 Kim : ‘ We 've never all gone out in hats at the same time — we 'd get far too many rude comments . ’
6 We did n't know that we were asking for impossible things , because we had never worked in the record business before — and we 'd get them .
7 We 'd get our demands because anything was done to shut us up and get us out of their offices .
8 We 'd get Rick Wakeman to play piano on a date and then we 'd add someone just playing bongos .
9 The local weather forecaster had told me we 'd get rain and we did .
10 ‘ You do n't think we 'd get just any old horses , do you , for such inexperienced riders ?
11 If we missed anything on the beat , even sunken flags in the roadway — and we did n't report them , we 'd get a report back wanting to know why .
12 We 'd get arrested .
13 He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station .
14 When word came , Ted and I would obey , and we 'd get paid .
15 Julian : ‘ Sometimes we 'd get stoned and play avant garde .
16 Sometimes he seems alright , sometimes I think we 'd get on .
17 ‘ We 'd insist on Fergie having her bottom measured , and we 'd get Jimmy Nail in the witness box and wave a huge plastic dinosaur in front of him .
18 Of course , there 's the Trotters ' executive motor as well , though I do n't think we 'd get all the team in the back of the van .
19 He 'd roar with laughter , I suppose , and then ask me what was all this about ‘ little ’ , and we 'd get into some absurd argument about whether he was five feet two or five feet four , end up reviling and swearing at and abusing each other in utter good humour as we used to do often several times a week on the ‘ phone .
20 If things went well , we 'd get our investment back in five years , with a handsome profit as well , and we 'd still have effective control of a hotel which we could continue to operate as part of our group .
21 Besides , we had plans to make about how to spend the money we 'd get for the empties .
22 We 'd get stamped on ! ’ said Angalo .
23 They made it clear the only way we 'd get out alive was by going on stage . ’
24 But we did n't have a record player , so every night we 'd get it out and look at it .
25 It was n't a particularly difficult case and we were confident we 'd get it reduced to manslaughter .
26 Who would imagine we 'd get this kinda heatwave this far north ? ’
27 We knew we were moving abroad at an interesting time in world history , but we did n't realize we 'd get to watch the apocalypse from here .
28 Y'know , we 'd get down town early or go over to Liverpool and spend all day out .
29 Between us we 'd get about 200 quid 's worth of goods , like , jeans , tops , kids ' clothes .
30 We 'd get him out .
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