Example sentences of "[conj] you would think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where you would think one would n't drop , you know . |
| 2 | And that 's true you know Lindsey 's far too old for her age or you 'd think she was o she er oh she was like Andrea |
| 3 | In a region of high rolling hills , the wall is like a gigantic roller-coaster extending as far as the eye can see to east and west ; Garvine wrote of the wall that it ‘ is built on such a scale that you would think it was the work of Gods rather than men ’ . |
| 4 | What do you w w w what would be the im important ways that you would think you used in order t t t to please them ? |
| 5 | He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing — until he burst out laughing . |
| 6 | I will be reminding you as the year goes on , and the other items of pain start to appear in the budget that you would think you have so cleverly put together and that with no problems . |
| 7 | There was the master , a man of importance in the town that you 'd think would want a house properly run for himself . |
| 8 | It 's fantastic ; the lighting is arranged so that you 'd think it was daylight down there . |
| 9 | Did they have any erm raids that were that you 'd think were directed towards the airport at all , were there any incidents of this kind ? |
| 10 | Outputs from 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 15 and now 20kW , according to selection and complete with remote start , acoustic capsule , water and fuel pumps , all Panda generators are smaller than you would think possible — Panda 4 measures only 51×37×51cm and even the mighty Panda 20 is just 94×45×66cm . |
| 11 | Then the men-at-arms under the two banners , the King 's and the Earl 's , had waited outside , and the rest had got round the gate and walked talking inside : the King Macbeth with less meat on him , like a man who fed at sea , and Siward of Northumbria the way he always was , with his chest round as a shield under his tunic , and only his hair and beard greyer than you would think for a man not much past fifty . |
| 12 | This may sound like standard Sunday Sport fare , but some people sincerely believe it , and more than you 'd think — the UFO business can be very big business indeed |
| 13 | ‘ Technically , the shots are much simpler than you 'd think . |
| 14 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's bigger than you 'd think . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It happens , Mrs T , more than you 'd think . ’ |
| 17 | He says it 's a lot harder than you 'd think . |
| 18 | It 's much , it holds much more than you 'd think does n't it ? |
| 19 | Few orchestras are better equipped , so you would think , than the Chicago Symphony . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , Kenneth , but you 're basically Bolshie , so you would think so . ’ |
| 21 | And it 's ridiculous C for cat so you 'd think it 's going to be C for kitten would n't you . |
| 22 | Meet her and you would think she ran a garden centre , not a London-based team of 29 men ( and one other woman , a geologist ) . |
| 23 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 24 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 25 | and you would think if you change every bloody thing out |
| 26 | M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’ |
| 27 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 28 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
| 29 | They 're quite short , and you 'd think they were plump except it s all muscle , and they do n't have a stitch on . |
| 30 | But I think er with a big family like mother had got , she used to like her divi day erm for erm you know , well say save up , well it used to come round about May and you 'd think well just , you know just in time for the summer shoes or something you know . |