Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd lean on the chipped chocolate brown sill |
2 | I 'd skirt around the light cast from the windows and sometimes I 'd sit and watch her to see if she would do anything interesting . |
3 | I 'd stand in the lunch queue at school in my pegs while everyone else was in these horrible big flares . |
4 | I just thought I 'd watch for the , you know I think it 's on every erm it 's on every da , ways you know Hawaii Five O is showing the old things again . |
5 | I 'd vote for the party candidate . ’ |
6 | " I 'd speak to the doctor first , " advised Mrs. Butler . |
7 | ‘ I would n't want payment , and I 'd sleep on the floor — anywhere ! ’ |
8 | ‘ I could tell her I 'd sleep in the bathroom . ’ |
9 | ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said . |
10 | In the old days , as soon as I heard the dirge start up , I 'd reach for the OFF button . |
11 | He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food . |
12 | ‘ Thought I 'd bring round the little brown envelope — for the guttering and that . ’ |
13 | I really could n't I would never get the price I 'd want for the alphabet . |
14 | And I 'd walk around the empty house , or ring Mum for a chat ; sometimes I 'd lie on the floor in Charlie 's attic and wonder what he was doing and what kind of good time he was having . |
15 | ‘ I 'd suggest with the victim . |
16 | I 'd wander down the high street , frittering away on whatever took my fancy . |
17 | Then , as soon as the lecture was over , I 'd rush to the campus shop or café to fill up on more food : sweets , cakes and peanuts . |
18 | I 'd switch from the newsdesk to the more featury side of TV . |
19 | ‘ But I had such a huge appetite , my quota for the day would be gone by breakfast and I 'd start on the following day 's allowance . |
20 | I 'd sit beside the fire in my room , |
21 | ‘ I thought I 'd sit in the garden , ’ said Betty . |
22 | I 'd skim over the plaster anyway . |
23 | From what I can see I 'd stay over the water for almost the whole trip . |
24 | I 'd stay on the sip , whatever Frejji said , and wait for her to finish . |
25 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
26 | The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute . |
27 | After a while I thought I 'd go into the orchard and practise some chip shots so I went to get my nine iron . |
28 | ‘ We had a YMCA over the road — but I thought if I ever came back I 'd go into the Raffles Hotel . ’ |
29 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
30 | I knew as soon as I wrote it down I 'd go off the boil . |