Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I said I 'd phone me up .
2 Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too .
3 ‘ I wish someone would tell me just what 's going on . ’
4 Do you look through the pages of Ideal Home , admire the houses and the handicrafts and say ‘ I wish someone would teach me how to do that ’ ?
5 Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’
6 I 've got a job that I love doing , and er , I also take the view that if I came and did this programme and moaned away at everybody , and er , moaned away about everything , nobody would ring me up , and nobody would listen .
7 At one point I would have to answer a long-distance phone call , which would keep me out of the room for half an hour .
8 I used to tease her about being so house-proud and she 'd tell me how her Aunt Rosina brought her up to do everything just so . ’
9 I can picture Marie — how she 'd tell me off if she could see me .
10 If she were , confound it , she 'd treat me less shabbily ! ’
11 that , any cancellation she 'd ring me up .
12 ‘ She was very , very shy , ’ says Freda Berkeley , ‘ and when she had people she did n't know very well , she 'd ask me round to help . ’
13 Cos she 'd ask me how I 'd know .
14 I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there .
15 She 'd call me out of class , interrogate ,
16 ‘ Now I 'm officially off the case , I wish you 'd tell me more about this mysterious Zbigniew Nowak . ’
17 ‘ But like I said , I did n't think you 'd want me along . ’
18 Maybe you 'd walk me down to the Shelbourne for a taxi ? ’ he asked Jack .
19 You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’
20 You 'd leave me here ? ’ she choked as her gaze flew round the shabby , spartan room .
21 I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost .
22 ‘ I thought you 'd cheer me up ! ’
23 I wondered if you 'd help me out in the garden , perhaps like if it 's still nice when you come home from school ?
24 ‘ I expect you 'd like me out of the road .
25 Perhaps you 'd call me so that we can discuss this .
26 You 'd let me out ? ’ whispered Harry , dry-mouthed .
27 ‘ You said you 'd get me out of my house and you 've managed it . ’
28 Do you think you could find anyone in your village who 'd take me in for that ?
29 She was a kind woman and whenever I called with a message she would sit me down and fetch me a biscuit or a glass of milk .
30 Sometimes she would compare me unfavourably with her ideal daughter-in-law : ‘ So-and-so asks her husband 's mother for recipes . ’
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