Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] i would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suggesting I 'd creep out and send a postcard to some , well , some girlfriend or another ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 3 | And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I 'd throw open the bedroom window as the dawn came up , and look across the gardens , lawns , greenhouses , sheds and curtained windows . |
| 4 | With the sails furled , the device could be made to fold inward to the mast for loading and unloading I would suggest that here , a good idea lies begging . |
| 5 | I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King . |
| 6 | If you decide you want to a buy a new cooker and you go to the Gas Showrooms or the Electricity Showrooms and say I 'd like to buy that cooker there and I would like to spread the payments over time , normally nowadays twenty four months or thirty six months . |
| 7 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 8 | I just would n't , if she rang up and says I 'd say no thanks . |
| 9 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 10 | More or less yes , just a few adjustments and it could be up and running I would think . |
| 11 | He said fierce fighting was taking place near Bahdu and insisted I would need at least a hundred soldiers if I went there . |
| 12 | Say that for me and go I 'd say it were you were a snob . |
| 13 | If my lips had words for the wondrous feeling of your breasts and nipples I 'd say them . |
| 14 | I remembered the old man in the military coat and knew I would have felt safer with a handful of dry knucklebones in my pocket . |
| 15 | " I 'm afraid I 'm in something of a hurry but I was just passing and thought I would call in on the off-chance . |
| 16 | Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years . |
| 17 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 18 | I hoped I 'd have a chance to call in on your aunt some time today , and thought I 'd ring from Downshurst to ask if it would be convenient . |
| 19 | I recognized Billy Tuckett from way back and thought I 'd save you guys some time by giving you his name . |
| 20 | For Travis called at Leith 's and Sebastian 's flat a few nights later — ‘ Just passing and thought I 'd pop in , ’ so he said , which fooled nobody . |
| 21 | As the two women shook hands Didi added , ‘ I heard voices and thought I 'd pop in to say hello . ’ |
| 22 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 23 | However , the head persisted and so I quickly racked my brains and said I would do the sort of thing I do in my classroom at home . |
| 24 | So I told my proposer to let my name stand , and said I would accept whatever the ballot box decided , but would not play there again if the vote went against me . |
| 25 | That evening I wrote again to Mrs Girdlestone and said I would come and see how things were with my aunt , and if possible arrange for something to be done . |
| 26 | Then I overcame my shyness and said I would like the coloured wool from the trunk upstairs . |
| 27 | so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another ? |
| 28 | And I , er and I pretended to be incapable and I , and said I would like someone to go and help me do shopping , home health service would have , come along . |
| 29 | ‘ At the station they showed me the machine with an old mouthpiece and said I would have to blow into that . |
| 30 | My mother and father were there and the doctor came up and said I would have to go into the Royal Marsden in Sutton to have a scan to find out whether the cancer had spread . |