Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life . |
| 2 | I decided I 'd make him laugh , so the house was shaped like a penis . |
| 3 | Miranda thought of M. Apéritif last night , and decided she would let him go further when she next saw him , in spite of the lizard darting of his small and oddly hard tongue in the kiss she 'd allowed him at the door of the hotel . |
| 4 | I will probably have spoken to you on the ‘ phone before you get this note , but just in case not I thought I would let you know how things are going . |
| 5 | So , I thought I would let you know , I did n't tell Chris this |
| 6 | During that time I had them out three times because I thought I 'd make them see . |
| 7 | ‘ I never thought I 'd hear you say you did n't care about your designs . ’ |
| 8 | I thought I 'd let you have your sleep out . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I 'd let you know . ’ |
| 10 | I thought I 'd let you know that Leeds supposedly made a bid for Norwegian striker Geir Frigaard last week . |
| 11 | You probably all knew this … but just in case I thought I 'd let you know . |
| 12 | ‘ Just thought I 'd let you know everything 's up to date . |
| 13 | I thought I 'd let you know , he 's a handy chap that , the wood |
| 14 | Well that 's not as disgusting , I used to know a little kid that used to eat shit , by the way everybody , I just thought I 'd let you know . |
| 15 | I did n't know though did I I thought you 'd let them cool ! |
| 16 | The murderer knew we would make her talk . |
| 17 | He meant it would make her look older and plainer . |
| 18 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
| 19 | I thought it would make me feel less helpless if I was opposed by something definite . |
| 20 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought it would make you feel at home , ’ said the gallery owner — untruthfully , I felt . |
| 22 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 23 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
| 24 | He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool . |
| 25 | And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden . |
| 26 | I said I would let him know this afternoon , ’ she continued a little too quickly . |
| 27 | I said I 'd let him know the total number of , of contact days or whatever with Sherburn over the period so that is something I need to get from you Bill . |
| 28 | I expect you 're tired — you generally have a sherry and a nap when you come home at this time , and , besides , there are those papers to correct and I hoped you 'd help me unpack . |
| 29 | And Mr Mandela said it would make him strive even harder for peace . |