Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Simon reckoned that after Sintra if he spoke about me you 'd get tense — though you did n't realise he noticed . |
| 2 | was n't just for me I 'd like to know him . |
| 3 | Think about someone you 'd like to say ‘ No ’ to now . |
| 4 | How could I do that after what I 'd read in Billy 's bedroom ? |
| 5 | Er had they got their way every time we put a cheque in or took one out or moved money from one account to another it would have cost us eighty pence , which meant that had anybody paid their their fees to the er and made the cheque payable to us directly , we would have had to bank that cheque and then reissue another cheque er to the appropriate department and that would have cost us one pound sixty , for which we 'd have got nothing . |
| 6 | By their very nature they would foul up whatever you accomplished , for which they 'd blame you . |
| 7 | Knowing general family traits provided a good starting point and from assorted references I began to get an idea of the species I could hope to find myself and those for which I 'd need help . |
| 8 | The solution may be to use oestrogen cream , or perhaps hormone replacement therapy , for which you 'd need to see your doctor again . |
| 9 | Well I think for them to be in , in management , top management positions a lot of them they 'd have to be pretty sensing and thinking before well I do I mean I think there 's |
| 10 | Shifting her belongings more comfortably in his arms , he explained mildly , ‘ I told him that if he ever came within one hundred yards of you I 'd break his neck . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 're one of those who are interested in such things — from what I know of you I 'd say probably not . |
| 12 | He never pretended to feelings he did n't have and if he thought she 'd made a fool of herself he 'd say so , but never to do her down , never to boost himself at her expense . |
| 13 | Well , judging by the looks of her I 'd put her at about fifteen , Vi , so get rid of her . |
| 14 | If she warned Ace what her father expected of him he 'd laugh in her face . |
| 15 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
| 17 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |
| 18 | From the sound of it he 'd blow you away without a second thought . |
| 19 | Bills would arrive and I 'd just leave them unopened , frightened of what they 'd say . |
| 20 | Only the husk , the empty shell of what they 'd come for . |
| 21 | Most of what you 'd want to do in a DTP package you can do with WordPerfect 5.1 , if a little awkwardly . |
| 22 | Again think of what you 'd lose if you did n't have one . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't say I know any of what you 'd call good people . ’ |
| 24 | Yes I think er that that , yes that , that sounds about right from the point of view of what you 'd get back . |
| 25 | So we use cardboard boxes and even if you 're moving crockery , you put half or a third of what you 'd put in a tea chest goes into er a a a cardboard box . |
| 26 | On the supporters ' calls for his removal , he said : ‘ The supporters wo n't change my opinion of what I 'd like to do at Darlington . |
| 27 | He gritted his teeth against the shame that welled up at the thought of what he 'd let happen to her , then met her eyes again , smiling . |
| 28 | ‘ Personally , I ca n't think of anything I 'd like more than to have you as a brother-in-law . ’ |
| 29 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't think of anything I 'd loathe more ! ’ |