Example sentences of "would do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alright well , generally then I think from hearing what you 're saying , erm , some good points , some perhaps things that you 'd do differently next time , and then what it obviously says about you is that , you 're all managers and you all have different styles , and you possibly do things in different ways . |
| 2 | I 'd do just as well , I promise you ! ’ |
| 3 | So she 'd do just the opposite , keeping him close and at the same time keeping a watchful eye on all he was doing . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd do best to meet away from the office , ’ he said . |
| 5 | with Mr but what I thought I 'd do today is see how much you 've remembered of one or two of the basic topics . |
| 6 | Okay , now erm , today as you realize with feelings of immense relief is the last lecture of the term , so , so what I 'm gon na do , is to start talking about the er , so called black books of Freud , the set texts in this , in this course and I 'm gon na start talking today about the first , and in some ways , one of the most important of these , Totem and Taboo , and since it 's the last lecture of term , and you probably all forget what I said over the Christmas holiday , and wo n't be able to recall it afterwards , through the alcoholic haze , er what I thought I 'd do today , was talk about Totem and Taboo in the way in which it looked backwards rather than forwards . |
| 7 | On a different point , you 'd do well not to dismiss the guitarists of the sixties and seventies quite so readily . |
| 8 | When the drugs debate gets overheated , when there 's talk of plagues and tidal waves and the destruction of a whole generation , we 'd do well to remember that . |
| 9 | It 'ud please your aunt and uncle and we 'd do well enough together . " |
| 10 | I 'll make you a generous proposition , which I think you 'd do well to consider . |
| 11 | Here he found Frank a great help as he had a fair knowledge of native North American trees and shrubs which , when checked with the big books , sounded as though they 'd do well in the peaty soil of Eire . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're a mere salesman , Maurin , nothing better than that and you 'd do well to remember it . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd do well to rid yourself of those kind of notions , Deveraugh , or you could find yourself greatly disappointed . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd do well to think better of it , and come home . |
| 15 | For all her university degrees Kate was in the kindergarten class when it came to managing and understanding men , and she 'd do well to remember it . |
| 16 | Good progress was made on the Saturday but when I looked at what still remained for Sunday , I thought we 'd do well to finish half the distance . |
| 17 | I had a sneaking feeling he 'd do well at Scum , Hughes is the ideal partner for him . |
| 18 | Mind you , I suppose if the others were in they 'd do exactly the same thing would n't they ? |
| 19 | You 'd do better teaching them how to cook . |
| 20 | You 'd do better to buy in from outside . |
| 21 | You 'd do better to wait . ’ |
| 22 | He 'd do better watching his pockets ! |
| 23 | A man of ever-changing whims , and now I see you 're freed from your fearful collar , Midnight , you 'd do better to sign on . |
| 24 | ‘ I think she 'd do better to understand herself , ’ Ellen said tartly . |
| 25 | You 'd do better to buy more shares in the market — if you really want more . |
| 26 | I still think you 'd do better to come and join us . |
| 27 | You 'd you 'd do better to use your own colours if you 've got . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'd do better to ask your gamekeeper , ’ he said . |
| 29 | She 'd do better to throw the letter away unread , would n't she ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd love to splash out on lovely bits of lacy stuff , but I 'd do better spending my money on a deep-fat fryer for all the notice my other half would take . |