Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd lean on the chipped chocolate brown sill |
| 2 | ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ Thought I 'd bring round the little brown envelope — for the guttering and that . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'd walk around the empty house , or ring Mum for a chat ; sometimes I 'd lie on the floor in Charlie 's attic and wonder what he was doing and what kind of good time he was having . |
| 5 | I 'd wander down the high street , frittering away on whatever took my fancy . |
| 6 | ‘ But I had such a huge appetite , my quota for the day would be gone by breakfast and I 'd start on the following day 's allowance . |
| 7 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 8 | The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute . |
| 9 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 10 | But he seemed to be about to ring off , and I said I 'd go round the next day . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd look like the flying nun . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , but C and G are actually very good er very sound er on their er ratios , they 're pretty good , but erm some of them are n't so good , and you know , be careful when you 're coming to invest in building societies I 'd stick to the major players at the moment , even though you may get a premium by going to a smaller society . |
| 13 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 14 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 15 | " I think Uncle rather hoped I 'd live in the two rooms at the back but they smell a bit too powerfully of monkey and parrot so I 've moved up into his flat . |
| 16 | I knew I 'd come to the right place . |
| 17 | ‘ I knew I 'd come to the right place . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , I 'd come to the same conclusion . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd come round the next lap and see the black line I 'd just laid . |
| 20 | I did n't know whether I 'd put in the right number and I thought well I 'll , I wo n't let anyone answer it , I 'll just re-dial . |
| 21 | I must admit , if I had if I actually had to say , which of all those would I be most happy not playing , I 'd say In the Bleak Midwinter , but |
| 22 | By the time I 'd run to the other end of the same streets , I was passing Jackie Onassis ’ front door and unbelievable opulence . |
| 23 | I 'd read about the Old Bailey and that sort of thing . |
| 24 | The King had decided I would stay in the largest available building , just outside the city gates . |
| 25 | I also made a promise to myself that when I got picked again for a major championship I would progress beyond the first round . |
| 26 | But the answer to these fundamental questions must follow a review of the law as understood at present , which I would express in the following propositions . |
| 27 | A short film would be shown of a man who 'd lost his memory through a cerebral stroke at the age of twenty-three , and was learning to programme his life so he could live alone , and then I would speak about the day-to-day struggle of living with someone who is in no-man 's world without reference and without time . |
| 28 | I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said |
| 29 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 30 | His friend , Mr Derek Harrod , said : ‘ I would vote for the official candidate . |