Example sentences of "would [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was thinking of houseboys in a saffron uniform she 'd design herself . |
| 2 | If you have read your books you will discover that the Romans used to have tasters too and loved food so much they 'd make themselves sick after each course by sticking a feather down their throats . |
| 3 | ‘ I think we 'd make ourselves a laughing-stock . ’ |
| 4 | He 's an Italian , fond of the opera , and for the woman 's part , she 'd make herself so blatantly available to him … |
| 5 | I thought I 'd absorb myself in all these things . |
| 6 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 7 | Hayley 's real father had turned up , demanding to take her home with him , and there were tears and tantrums from Hayley , who declared , as she frequently did , that she 'd throw herself out of the window . |
| 8 | I was worried , of course , but I assumed she 'd explain herself when she came back . |
| 9 | I decided then that , as soon as I could afford it , I 'd build myself a house here by the sea . |
| 10 | The diminutive midfield player Archie Gemmill once called him ‘ the chocolate soldier ’ , adding with barbed wit , ‘ if Souness was chocolate he 'd eat himself . ’ |
| 11 | I 've always said you 'd hurt yourself one day . |
| 12 | And I mean one had to be grateful because she was much more concerned about whether I 'd hurt myself falling off the ladder than her wardrobe . |
| 13 | In a hoarse whisper that betrayed his obsession with the idea , he told her , ‘ If it was me , I 'd beggar myself to acquire it . ’ |
| 14 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 15 | Erm , I 'd consider myself to have an eating disorder but I do n't have anorexia or bulimia . |
| 16 | I ca n't name names , but the song concerns a series of people who 'd recognise themselves in there if they examined the lyrics . |
| 17 | If you 'd confine yourself to finding out what Corporal Blagg knows , we 'd be very grateful . ’ |
| 18 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 19 | She 'd dry herself and change in the bathroom . |
| 20 | You 'd enjoy yourself . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ See , I told you you 'd enjoy yourself , ’ beams Goldie , nudging Rainbow companionably with a purple-satin elbow . |
| 22 | Just a few more minutes of this blissful heat toasting her limbs , then she 'd rouse herself and return to the house . |
| 23 | Koresh told that he 'd give himself up once he 'd written his prophetic interpretation of the seven seals . |
| 24 | She 'd give herself one last treat and then go home and phone . |
| 25 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 26 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 27 | ‘ If necessary I 'd defend myself . ’ |
| 28 | When there were grand-children , she 'd reconcile herself completely . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd mind yerself , Lily , ’ Doyle said at the kitchen door . |
| 30 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |