Example sentences of "he 'd [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he 'd meet the boys and want to play football — he was mad about rugby football , he would play with a tin can if there was nothing else . |
| 2 | Erm that again had been rolled into balls and then he 'd have erm about a dozen sticks which which held these balls and stuck them in then after he 'd he 'd erm er thatched one erm length , one row , he 'd pull the string over and attach it to the the thick s er rope that was er going over the stack . |
| 3 | when when the when the blackbird would go in , he 'd pull the string . |
| 4 | But then , Colt liked fun , fun on his terms , and he 'd give the bastards a run . |
| 5 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 6 | Shannon had n't looked closely at what he was wearing , but it was a fair bet he 'd choose the kind of ski-clothes favoured in the jet-set resorts . |
| 7 | Moments later , the midwife appeared and suggested that Mark get into the delivery room or he 'd miss the birth . |
| 8 | Martinho was , as I learned later and surmised then , himself vulnerable — he had his uses , and therefore power and influence , but as soon as he became dispensable he 'd reap the consequences of any ill-considered actions , such as this . |
| 9 | Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears . |
| 10 | He 'd fit the electrodes to my fingers , a band around my chest and a blood-pressure gauge to my left arm and then we 'd go at it , heat full up , windows closed , sweating like pigs because that was supposed to make the polygraph more accurate . |
| 11 | First thing in the morning he 'd unlock the doors , lock it up , he 'd been there long , hour before the men did . |
| 12 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 13 | He 'd open the door , take a few sips , close the door and look for the principal in the toilet . |
| 14 | He 'd show the bitch . |
| 15 | The engineer would have headphones on while Keith was blasting away ; he 'd move the mic around until we found the right place , then he 'd bolt it in the stand where the speaker 's sweet spot was , and there it would stay . |
| 16 | ‘ I would ring him and he 'd answer the phone almost immediately . |
| 17 | But a taxi driver — his taxi was ah old London cab — swore he 'd beat the train to Kilmarnock , and off we went , hell for leather along the road beside the railway track . |
| 18 | He repeatedly told himself he 'd beat the stiffness out of it one day . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's thrown his life away , and he 'd throw the company away if he was given it . ’ |
| 20 | He 'd do the same for us if we were in trouble . |
| 21 | He 'd do the parties now and then as he used to . |
| 22 | That would give him a week 's grace at least , and then he 'd do the same thing again in some other place to stay untraceable . |
| 23 | In fact , he 'd do the trip himself . |
| 24 | She could only hope he 'd do the same . |
| 25 | His reply was he 'd do the same — so I knew from that moment onwards he was the man for me . ’ |
| 26 | He 'd change the subject if I mentioned them , |
| 27 | He 'd board the chopper when he 'd finished his drink , tell the pilot to take him to London Airport . |
| 28 | But Mukhamedov , thank you very much , a few months after another rapturous reception on the 1989 tour , walked into the Royal Ballet and told them he 'd quit the Bolshoi and wanted a job . |
| 29 | I knew men old he was a chain smoker , he always used to smoke Woodbines and as one went out he 'd light the other one er ou on it , he would n't use matches , no he 'd , he 'd light one cigarette off the other . |
| 30 | Usually , he 'd make the most of it . |