Example sentences of "[coord] you would think " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 5 | and you would think if you change every bloody thing out |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When he gets up to leave me he pats my shoulder , and you 'd think he was leaving early to boil up our late-night cocoa . |
| 12 | It 's called the Tripyer Shield and it 's a local amateur thing Eccles and District and to win it it 's like winning the F A Cup and this G M B team that we started we lost about three or four matches and we started losing the players , so when you do n't lock the doors and you 'd end up with about seven players and you 'd think is it worth bothering ? |
| 13 | At that point , it could be doing all sorts of weird things , and you 'd think oh , I 've got this wonderful graph and I plotted a lot of points close together , so I know my sketch was right , because it looked like this funny W thing or M or something |
| 14 | ‘ Her husband did n't mention it , and you 'd think he would . ’ |
| 15 | When the sea struck it it was terrific you know the whole tower trembled and you 'd think a giant got a hold of her and shook the whole thing up . |
| 16 | and he 's he 's six feet seven tall , he 's twenty and you 'd think he was thirty five |
| 17 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 18 | And you 'd think , Well what could be worse than lifting and carrying , and what could be more boring than doing that all day ? |
| 19 | Not that I do n't like you , Simon , but you would think if the man goes to all this trouble to rescue me he could at least stay around afterwards . ’ |
| 20 | We are sitting around drinking coffee in his flat , but you would think we were drinking champagne . |
| 21 | ‘ McIniff was blackguard enough to do that but you 'd think that at least he 'd be ashamed to tell it . ’ |
| 22 | But you 'd think they 'd get the Les Paul pickups right , would n't you ? |
| 23 | We have n't been ambitious , but you 'd think every dish was topped with one of those silver-foil slips the rajahs ate . |
| 24 | and he , he just goes around thumping , kicking and , and going berserk during drama and the teacher just looks on and says calm down and I mean in view of the fact I 've written to the school and complained about , but you 'd think they would be keeping an eye and he hates drama so much and it , he 's got drama tomorrow , if he has any trouble tomorrow morning I 'm not sending him tomorrow afternoon I 'm gon na start keeping him home and if they ask why I 'm gon na say because you ca n't control your classes and you wo n't want to now |