Example sentences of "[adv] i 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Somewhere I 'd read that a card was an invaluable social lubricant in South America . |
2 | There 's a advertisement er for example in a recent issue of the Guardian , if my er Dutch was erm a little better I 'd quote it into the record but erm I 'm afraid it 's , it does n't make very much sense to me at the moment . |
3 | If I did n't know better I 'd think there was a man on the horizon . ’ |
4 | If I did n't know better I 'd think he was trying to be as diplomatic possible in order to keep himself in line for the England job . |
5 | But lastly I 'd like to come to the word community , about which I feel so strongly . |
6 | ‘ Do n't , ’ Penny Mansfield warns , ‘ sink into the double bind of , ‘ If I were good ( or sexy or clever ) enough , he would n't have done it … and if I were strong enough I 'd leave him . ’ |
7 | If I was rich enough I 'd give you . |
8 | Cos only I 'd stop because of you . |
9 | ‘ Oh , Robyn , ’ he whispered huskily , ‘ if only I 'd know what you were going through . |
10 | ‘ Oh , if only I 'd let well alone ! ’ |
11 | She knew he was thinking : If I had not put so much of myself into this house , perhaps I 'd leave . |
12 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd feel better in the garden . ’ |
13 | Perhaps I 'd come down here before the … whatever … |
14 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd surprise myself , ’ he said at last , ‘ if I met your friend . ’ |
15 | We 're absolutely delighted that you 're here in Portsmouth for your congress and it 's very very important to us and I think perhaps I 'd take a little bit of time to explain why it 's important . |
16 | I think perhaps I 'd put that another way , but I do think there 's a definite sense in which change is going to come up through the colleges . |
17 | ‘ Oh , yes , I thought perhaps I 'd try to intercept Erdle on his way back . |
18 | See perhaps I 'd like to more section to . |
19 | Truthfully , of course ; I 'd see how it sounded , and if it were too reprehensible , well , I 'd just have to think up a good lie , that was all , right now at the outset , and stick to it until perhaps I 'd begin to believe it myself . |
20 | If he 'd clutched at me , perhaps I 'd have stopped . |
21 | ‘ In fact , if I 'd known the effect my arrival was going to have , perhaps I 'd have stayed away . |
22 | Had I applied earlier … but then perhaps I 'd have stood very little chance , but at least I 'd have had interviews . |
23 | I mean obviously I 'd like to sell it all at price levels but there 's get away with that . |
24 | I mean obviously I 'd have to pay more er for if I want it to end at sixty . |
25 | Personally I 'd love a coat of mithril mail forged by the high elves of the mystic wood , but I ca n't afford one . |
26 | ‘ Personally I 'd feel safer with Judas Iscariot . ’ |
27 | ‘ Personally I 'd guess not . |
28 | Personally I 'd hate to see Hodge go , he gives his all and as has been mentioned on a number of occasions scores very important goals but I suppose their is really no place for sentiment with the way we 've started this season . |
29 | Personally I 'd rate him above Ry Cooder , Lowell George , Bonnie Raitt , all of them put together . ’ |
30 | Yeah , actually I really like fashion photography ; not typical fashion , but there 's a certain thing I know personally I 'd like to do in fashion photography . |