Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 And then before eight o'clock then I would make myself a big meal , I 'd have a , a huge salad I 'd do tinned potatoes cos they were , on this diet tinned potatoes are n't fattening
2 I 'd win blue rosettes and gorge on salmon and cream .
3 And it was uphill work coming home afterwards ; and if I 'd ha' hit a cobweb I 'd ha' fallen back'uds .
4 ‘ I do n't think I 'd call New Zealanders foreigners , ’ ventured Greg Hocking , in protest .
5 REAL LIFE After SIX miscarriages I knew I 'd get lucky WOMEN 'S LOOS The scandal no one talks about !
6 I 'd get wild orchids for the garden , I told Mrs Goreng , knowing some had grown near Rosa 's .
7 At school , I 'd write rude poems for my mates so , when a teacher turned me on to Linton Kwesi Johnson , it was like ‘ Yes ! ’ ’
8 ‘ I never thought I 'd hear Old Trousers being played again , ’ Harper said wistfully .
9 you can wear your nice summer clothes I 'd hate white legs !
10 No so I 'd have tinned potatoes
11 And I the same for , when Lindsey was a wee girl and I mean a wee girl like , I 'd pick wee things for her I 'd of loved my mummy to buy me .
12 Good morning Vincent , I 'm enclosing copies of faxes received this morning from New Zealand , and certainly the rate quoted is more realistic , then drop down a line and put eighteen by two point nine five pounds , oblique kilo , equals fifty three pounds , ten pence , next line documentation , twenty pounds , next line customs clearance etcetera , thirteen New Zealand dollars , I 'd say Irish pounds , three point three , O , O equals nine pounds approximately and total it up , eighty two pounds , ten pence which is approximately a third less as you see David suggests you lean heavily on Air Lingus and point out at the same time that Challenge Seeds have no intention of paying this exorbitant rate , also what is a consolidation rate ?
13 ‘ I told him this was a murder investigation , that I 'd adopt other methods to trace his employer .
14 I would tell other girls who suspect they have an exercise problem similar to mine to ask themselves the following questions : Do I take more exercise than is necessary for health and fitness ?
15 I would eat tinned vegetables , being sure to drink the water in which they had been canned , and I would conserve body fluid by eating little or no protein .
16 There 's not the mystery around it really and I 've sort of made that into one of my points about =bout my work and also erm I always thought perhaps once I became wealthy and had money I would do real paintings in oil and canvass .
17 If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit .
18 I would wear extra layers of clothing and pull the sleeves of my sweater down to hide my white , numbed fingers .
19 For those who have used soft chalk pastels and know their way around the tints I would advise loose pastels .
20 I would select potential parents and investigate their genetic structure in detail , and then arrange for a conception to take place .
21 Tomorrow I would find chemical solutions to these new problems .
22 At school I would follow certain rules in an ostentatious manner ( while breaking others in secret ) and become severe , even morally censorious , towards those who lapsed from my hypocritically high standards .
23 There were many heads like that in Spain , and I would follow outstanding examples gazing in admiration at that nape , that neck , that flat-backed skull , until the head turned and let me glimpse the face , which was never disappointing .
24 I would appreciate advance details of services likely to be affected by the boreholes .
25 I used to go to these houses with all the other kids , and you could hear the parents , someone would say , but he 's not very like his father , and then they 'd all explain in voices you could hear a mile away , and I would get funny looks from all the rest .
26 Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion .
27 There 's a very nice I would like crazy hats not plain
28 I would like green eyes if I could have them but it 's just a passing thought , not a real obsession .
29 This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone .
30 I would say individual teachers have had an effect on people .
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