Example sentences of "and [pers pn] would [vb infin] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean . |
| 2 | Now I 've done removals before then , not so much now , but I at one time used to be out on the road doing removals myself very often and I would get in for about seven o'clock in the evening get a quick grab something to eat , rush round this place , put the fires on and get it ready . |
| 3 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 4 | We kept putting food on the ledge for them and they would go out for relatively short flights and then return . |
| 5 | And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking . |
| 6 | And they 'd go on for many years with incredible perseverance , believing when they had no reason to believe , when it was crazy for them to believe . |
| 7 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 8 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I would roll over on my ankle and it would pop out for a few seconds and click back in again ’ . |