Example sentences of "would [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't been ambitious , but you 'd think every dish was topped with one of those silver-foil slips the rajahs ate . |
| 2 | You 'd think no man had ever seen you in your nightgown before . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well … you 'd think a man with so many kids would make an effort , would n't you ? |
| 4 | All men were the same , of course : they all liked to hold the floor while the womenfolk listened respectfully , but then you 'd think a Turk would be more interesting . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After the Easter holiday , you 'd think the Wharf would be twice as busy , but trade 's getting worse all the time . |
| 7 | You 'd think the punters could get by with a mere half-dozen of these monthly publications , but no , they need more . |
| 8 | You 'd think the last occupant went bankrupt and left years ago . |
| 9 | From the way he was looking at her , you 'd think the damned car park , and the hotel , belonged to him ! |
| 10 | You 'd think the sun , moon and stars shone from her eyes . ’ |
| 11 | At a time of crisis , you 'd think the body would try even harder . ’ |
| 12 | In entertainment I 'd think the reduc cost reductions there were pretty well , er restricted to good housekeeping , but from fine china er , we managed to transfer the , the er , work in the Minton factory to the Knowle Street factory and that allowed us to close the Minton factory and quite apart from the redundancies that entailed , we saved something like two hundred and fifty thousand er , non staff related overhead . |
| 13 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 14 | Now if you read what is written about this change you 'd think the BBC was about to axe Radio 4 . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd think the rabbits would have been used to feed the dogs . |
| 16 | I mean where you buy the , the thing from you 'd think the seldom , the spares as you want them about every four months |
| 17 | You can only see twelve feet er , you 'd think the place was empty in the bar . |
| 18 | You 'd you 'd think the . |
| 19 | You 'd think the brother and sister would . |
| 20 | You 'd think the Roadrunners friends would n't smoke as much as they did . |
| 21 | The speed of them and everything you know , you you 'd think the film was speeded up but apparently it 's not . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In hardback , which he knew she 'd think an unnecessary extravagance . |
| 24 | So he 'd design a new one , and he 'd write to the guy at Quality Street and say look , I think , I 'm a graphic designer , I think your box is a load of rubbish , I 've designed this , will you pay me for it ? |
| 25 | But of course the problems are with this contract that it would n't suit everybody , one because you 've got no access for the ten years , you 've bought the contract up front , and if you want access to it , it 's very limited and of course if you cash an endowment early as we know it 'd damage the , the er the income sorry the , the growth at the end of the plan . |
| 26 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 27 | You 'd make a politician blush . ’ |
| 28 | They 'd make a change . |
| 29 | I 'd make a new one except the only rubber I 've got is in the sole of my boot . ’ |
| 30 | We 'd make a fortune as factotums ! ’ laughed Breeze , who was talking at random to keep her sister 's thoughts from turning towards melancholy things . |