Example sentences of "[conj] you would think " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where you would think one would n't drop , you know . |
| 2 | And that 's true you know Lindsey 's far too old for her age or you 'd think she was o she er oh she was like Andrea |
| 3 | In a region of high rolling hills , the wall is like a gigantic roller-coaster extending as far as the eye can see to east and west ; Garvine wrote of the wall that it ‘ is built on such a scale that you would think it was the work of Gods rather than men ’ . |
| 4 | What do you w w w what would be the im important ways that you would think you used in order t t t to please them ? |
| 5 | He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing — until he burst out laughing . |
| 6 | I will be reminding you as the year goes on , and the other items of pain start to appear in the budget that you would think you have so cleverly put together and that with no problems . |
| 7 | There was the master , a man of importance in the town that you 'd think would want a house properly run for himself . |
| 8 | It 's fantastic ; the lighting is arranged so that you 'd think it was daylight down there . |
| 9 | Did they have any erm raids that were that you 'd think were directed towards the airport at all , were there any incidents of this kind ? |
| 10 | Outputs from 4 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 15 and now 20kW , according to selection and complete with remote start , acoustic capsule , water and fuel pumps , all Panda generators are smaller than you would think possible — Panda 4 measures only 51×37×51cm and even the mighty Panda 20 is just 94×45×66cm . |
| 11 | Then the men-at-arms under the two banners , the King 's and the Earl 's , had waited outside , and the rest had got round the gate and walked talking inside : the King Macbeth with less meat on him , like a man who fed at sea , and Siward of Northumbria the way he always was , with his chest round as a shield under his tunic , and only his hair and beard greyer than you would think for a man not much past fifty . |
| 12 | This may sound like standard Sunday Sport fare , but some people sincerely believe it , and more than you 'd think — the UFO business can be very big business indeed |
| 13 | ‘ Technically , the shots are much simpler than you 'd think . |
| 14 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's bigger than you 'd think . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It happens , Mrs T , more than you 'd think . ’ |
| 17 | He says it 's a lot harder than you 'd think . |
| 18 | It 's much , it holds much more than you 'd think does n't it ? |
| 19 | Few orchestras are better equipped , so you would think , than the Chicago Symphony . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , Kenneth , but you 're basically Bolshie , so you would think so . ’ |
| 21 | And it 's ridiculous C for cat so you 'd think it 's going to be C for kitten would n't you . |
| 22 | Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right . |
| 23 | Meet her and you would think she ran a garden centre , not a London-based team of 29 men ( and one other woman , a geologist ) . |
| 24 | Erm I , I just get this feeling , you know one would expect that year eleven is a reasonable way of working out what the , the sort of workload is , and you would think that special needs would actually be something that really related quite nicely |
| 25 | ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row . |
| 26 | and you would think if you change every bloody thing out |
| 27 | M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’ |
| 28 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 29 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
| 30 | They 're quite short , and you 'd think they were plump except it s all muscle , and they do n't have a stitch on . |