Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | How could you believe that I 'd do such a thing ? ’ |
2 | I 'd want all the love he had to give . |
3 | Do you think I 'd walk all the way , like poor Carlo ? ’ |
4 | Tip — I think the world of Tip junior and I did the father ; they helped me a lot — just did n't realize I 'd come all the way over from Ireland by boat and by train up to St Andrews to carry Arnold 's bag . |
5 | Yes , they looked in the bag , but I 'd put all the stuff away by then , and they found nothing . |
6 | Then I 'd take all the straw off the floor . |
7 | ‘ I 'd say half an hour . |
8 | ‘ But first I 'd like all the dope Paula has dug up on INCUBUS … ’ |
9 | I 'd run all the way home , put it on the table and say , ‘ There you are , I 'm better than you , our Dad ! ’ |
10 | Also I would give half the furniture in this room for a good strong cup of steaming hot coffee and a couple of aspirins . |
11 | And I would welcome such an inspection and report . |
12 | And , as usual , I would swear such an oath . |
13 | I would find that a nuisance ! |
14 | A number of meetings were set up during which we discussed how I would approach such a project . |
15 | Yet , surely I would remember such an apparition ? |
16 | ‘ I am horrified that somebody would do such a thing . |
17 | For the only fact which would justify such a difference in claim is one which is not available to me ; facts about the afternoon 's weather are evidence-transcendent in the morning . |
18 | Nobody can suggest that you can by any arithmetical calculation establish what is the exact sum of money which would represent such a thing as the pain and suffering which a person has undergone by reason of an accident … |
19 | It was the task of the Uthwatt Committee , from whose report this quotation is taken , to devise a scheme which would make such a basis possible . ’ |
20 | IF England could hold their own against Pakistan , it would not only be a great achievement , but one which would make all the difference to their chances of regaining the Ashes from Australia in 1993 . |
21 | It was the time when her mother took to the couch because she could n't stand the sight and sound of the hordes of women and children with their buckets , and the arranged fights among the urchins so that one or two of their gang could get away with some lumps of coal , which would make all the difference between having a fried meal or freezing both inside and out . |
22 | Wages did not rise in proportion , and by the Spring of 1795 there was the extensive distress and threat of mass starvation which led , in May , to the infamous meeting of the magistrates at Speenhamland in Berkshire , an event which would have such an impact on poor-law provision for the next few decades . |
23 | Oh , no , the little bastard 's more interested in seeing his patron , his generous master , hunted , beaten and starving in some rotting gaol or facing terrors which would reduce many a man to an inmate of Bedlam . |
24 | Boz is the only one she 'd tell such a thing to , but she 's already told me Boz has n't been to see her since the attack . ’ |
25 | ‘ I never imagined she 'd do such a thing . ’ |
26 | Er very prim and proper , and and er er she 'd go all the way round and she 'd soon tell you if there was , if the beds were n't tidy . |
27 | She also said she 'd poison all the food in his larder , only the larder was locked . |
28 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
29 | For example , you might decide you want the speed of the processor to be over 33MHz but it 's not essential — so you 'd give this a rating of two out of five . |
30 | Er they 're the sort of things that if you were if you were digging on a site you 'd find these every day , you 'd find an awful lots of them , er and they 're really what the people of the time think of as rubbish . |