Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a lot of things I 'd love to see — and when things cool off a little bit I 'll definitely go . |
| 2 | Erm but er unless I I may repeat one or two of the things I 'd have said on the phone I 'm bound to do that , er the three things that are gon na be decided here today really is you if you and I erm you 've got inside information of course , er if you and I agree that er is the is the platform for you to earn some good money . |
| 3 | There are some things I 'd like to write down — ‘ |
| 4 | Here 's a list of one or two things I 'd like you to get for me while you 're in Kirkby , if you do n't mind , ’ she said matter-of-factly , passing him the paper . |
| 5 | ‘ But there 's other things I 'd like to write about . |
| 6 | There are lots of things I 'd like to buy — such as organic food — but our budget just wo n't stretch that far . ’ |
| 7 | And , while she was still digesting that piece of information , he added , ‘ And I can think of dozens of things I 'd like to do , beginning with a kiss and ending — ’ He broke off and gave a faint grin . |
| 8 | Since you left me so abruptly , my mind has been teeming with a whole variety of things I 'd like to do to you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ There 's a couple of things I 'd like to talk over with you before tomorrow , ’ he said . |
| 10 | But certainly one , three things I 'd like to respond to erm erm mm Mr Curtis . |
| 11 | One of the things I 'd like to know , erm , fairly on in the course is is your asked to bring along some thought , something you were trying to influence somebody about . |
| 12 | Er , I er hope Councillor has got his pen ready because there are one or two things I 'd like him to mention to Virginia Bottomley and I would n't like him to forget them . |
| 13 | The other things I 'd like to put forward is the things that Mr actually put forward , the idea of reducing committee sizes , reducing committee numbers . |
| 14 | erm I suppose one of the er things I 'd like to er get out of this would be a bit more |
| 15 | There are things at the house — things I 'd like to show you . ’ |
| 16 | One of the things I 'd like to see happen is a greater exchange across all the businesses of what they 've learnt and how they 've gone about quality programmes . |
| 17 | Well there 's two things I 'd like I ca n't have both of them I thought I 'd have a prawn and cocktail |
| 18 | IF YOU WERE PM , WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THREE THINGS YOU 'D DO ? |
| 19 | Along the back of the machine are all the usual things you 'd expect — serial and parallel ports , keyboard socket and video input . |
| 20 | Do some of the things you 'd know ! |
| 21 | Sixty of them and put them out and make them into nice little lines and that and see what things you 'd have to multiply together to make twelve or what numbers you 'd multiply together cos it 'd be so many sets of like four sets of three or three sets of four . |
| 22 | I tell myself the things you 'd like to do to me |
| 23 | the things that could be better and the things you 'd like more or less of . |
| 24 | Happy talking talking happy talk ba ba ba ba ba talk about things you 'd like to do . |
| 25 | In fact , there were lots of things she 'd like to change about the way she looked , she reflected ruefully . |
| 26 | These are the sort of things we 'd say to a good person in a formal situation , erm , you 're reliable , trustworthy , you know , we can rely on you to do a good job for us , doing your job well and with enthusiasm , when left in charge there 's been no problems , you 're responsible and flexible , you 're conscientious , I can trust you for , to do a good job and thank you for your contribution to the team . |
| 27 | He fought for things we 'd disagree with , like wives staying at home . |
| 28 | When we feel lack of status it is easy to cling to our hard luck stories about how totally powerless we are to change the things we 'd like to change . |
| 29 | But we have to manage to find out how these people think , how we can convince them Even to protect themselves , one of the things we 'd like to show is look , using this mercury , you 're killing yourself . |
| 30 | Right , things we 'd like to see in psychology Is there any I mean any the trouble is you do n't know what 's on the menu so it 's hard to but I mean what sort what sort of things would you like to have seen from pr what you have a ? |