Example sentences of "i would [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times I would wake up in the night , streaming with sweat , from a nightmare in which I relived that terrifying night in Valladolid . |
| 2 | When you stayed away from me , I would try in vain to will you back beside me : then , long after the dinner I waited for you to share but had to eat alone , I would wander out into the stony streets , hoping to bump into you , to glimpse you sitting in a bar or on a park bench : |
| 3 | The suitcases I would check in at the left-luggage office at Paddington station , the bag could come with me to Rome , and Jane could inherit all my bits and bobs . |
| 4 | Since there was no picture with June 's letter I was not aware that I would end up with the cable I was looking for . |
| 5 | The same with the signalmen , I would go up to the signalman and tell him , Well on the other shift you know , they would have left that train away first , before they left that other one in you see . |
| 6 | I 'd , I would go through to the pool man and say right , I want so many men for the Rotterdam , I want six men for purpose . |
| 7 | I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs . |
| 8 | ‘ I would go down to the beach around 7am for an hour and would not have used a proper skin care procedure . |
| 9 | And through request to the county solicitor , it was again Mr quite rightly said , it was said we would , and we as a corporate body , i e the county council , and the C P D. And I would go along with the the er proposition . |
| 10 | Even so , I would go back to the exciting clamour of Cairo tomorrow . |
| 11 | When we took the step we did last May , we did n't desert the Tory Party , we rebelled against it and I for one said that I would go back in the fullness of time , I just hoped I could go back with something to show for it . |
| 12 | I would sit down on the fishing stool , ready to eat , but then I would be up and down , in and out of the lockers , getting the fork I had forgotten , or the knife to peel the carrot , or even the carrot itself . |
| 13 | When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement . |
| 14 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 15 | I started Chisenhall Street on first quarter points , then I would walk along to the next very scruffy part — all broken down garages and yards and things . |
| 16 | In Committee I promised the Hon. Member for Dundee East ( Mr. McAllion ) that I would follow up with the Scottish Development Agency the need for management-employee buy-out teams to receive the same treatment as any other applicant for assistance from the SDA . |
| 17 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 18 | For years I would come back to the store and walk over to where they were . |
| 19 | I would come back into the house feeling so humiliated that I would just sit down and cry and then the baby would start crying so I had to stop . |
| 20 | Alan set up the legal part of it and the political side and I would come in with the more spiritual side of it : the demand for separation from the Irish Presbyterian Church that was operating in cahoots with O'Neill at that time . |
| 21 | On the three mornings each week when we were n't due to train , Graham and I would get up in the cool sun of early morning at seven and play either golf or tennis . |
| 22 | I would get up in the morning , step out of my caravan , face the ocean and do my exercises , followed by my ritual routine . |
| 23 | I would lie out in the midday sun and plaster myself in baby oil ! ’ |
| 24 | However , I would point out in the passing , and apropos of nothing , that mass murderers have been known to dote on tiny tots . ’ |
| 25 | But the ‘ equivalents are simply not as good , so I would splash out on the Rocon Digistat . |
| 26 | " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance . |
| 27 | Often when attempting to explain some aspect of my studies to fellow students who were having difficulties , I would look up from the textbook we were sharing to see an expression of sheer disbelief pass across their faces . |
| 28 | She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there . |
| 29 | I would look out of the window at the blue sky and the cypresses and the sea , and pray for the day 's end , when I could retire to the masters ' wing , lie back on my bed and sip an ouzo . |