Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suggesting I 'd creep out and send a postcard to some , well , some girlfriend or another ! ’ |
| 2 | She 'd be there , waiting , in her own way praying I 'd make it back OK . |
| 3 | At the church , me poor sister was near to swoonin' , our mum 'ad to give 'er smellin'-salts , with 'is reverend the vicar sayin' 'e 'd 'ave to cancel the ceremony . |
| 4 | but , I mean if that actually was n't happening you 'd think he'd' 've come back and said we 've got to get in there now , you know get our , our message across and , and make a revolution movement . |
| 5 | She raked round their rubbish heaps at night ; she stole from them — peats from the stacks outside their huts , oats gleaned at night from the fields where they drove her away by day , once a half-grown lamb with a broken leg , that she killed with her knife and carried furtively back to the hut , praying they 'd think an eagle or fox had taken it . |
| 6 | ‘ Because there I was , ’ Mrs. Mounce ran on , as the blue haze of cigarette smoke thickened in the dusk , ‘ honestly , darling , without a stitch on , and this lunatic hammering on the door and shouting he 'd wake the whole hotel if I did n't open up … ’ |
| 7 | If he caught me escaping he 'd put me straight back down here . |
| 8 | You mean to say you could go down our steps there and if you keep goin' you 'd come out on the water ? , |
| 9 | But over and above that , you ca n't be expecting nurses to , presuming you 'd get more , to take over home care duties . |
| 10 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 11 | Oh I like if I 'd have known you were going I 'd have got you to get me the nut ones . |
| 12 | If he 'd been camping he 'd have chosen somewhere more comfortable . |
| 13 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 14 | As a result , you keep wishing they 'd wind up this particular gag and move on to the next item , a frustration which makes the film seem drawn out and sluggish . |
| 15 | She met his blazing eyes and flinched , wishing he 'd yell . |
| 16 | Mum and Dad are no doubt just wishing he 'd take up an indoor sport instead . |
| 17 | When Jess holds the ball , looking for men to beat , the truly hooked observer is caught in that exquisite dilemma of wishing he 'd get rid of it so as not to risk failure , while at the same time hoping he 'll carry on regardless and do something outrageous . |
| 18 | It was just Guido , she decided , throwing him a harsh look , wishing he 'd lose his balance and fall head first into the water . |
| 19 | And these two fluorines are both saying Oh I 'd really This one 's saying I 'd love one extra electron to go in there , it just make up my set of eight , same |
| 20 | I would get a better , I 'm not saying I 'd get a better shine than that . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 22 | ‘ Speaking hypothetically , are you saying I 'd have a choice ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm just saying I 'd like you to leave when you 've supped your ale . ’ |
| 24 | They provide you with a power switch and LED but unless you are really competent at soldering I 'd leave well alone as the instructions are not very clear . |
| 25 | Am busy doing near voluntary work for the — if you felt amazingly generous and like joining I 'd accept a cheque for £8 in their favour too — IT does staggering work on a shoestring the size of vanishing silk thread . |
| 26 | But I would say that for recording I 'd use the passive sound ; it 's warmer , more mellow , and would sound good — although I 'd still prefer to gig with the Vester . |
| 27 | I said if I 'd known they are n't , they , they were n't coming I 'd have gone out . |
| 28 | Obviously it could be done ; I 'm just saying you 'd need a pretty controlled and sophisticated setup to achieve consistency and accuracy . |
| 29 | Are you saying you 'd like to see that re-introduced ? |
| 30 | No is that a question are you saying you 'd like to see introduced ? |