Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] i would " in BNC.

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1 Maria Luisa made me swear I would never tell anyone and I did because she needed to trust someone .
2 He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’
3 But whatever happened I knew I would fail them .
4 I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten .
5 Little did I think I would soon be playing , or trying to play , this one .
6 Did I think I would be able to manage for a while on my own ? ( with Mena , and Mr James in the offing ) .
7 really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ?
8 I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe .
9 Did you think I would sit here and wait for you to kill me .
10 Did you think I would n't come back ? ’
11 Did you think I would fall straight into your arms , confessing everything ? ’
12 ‘ Dearest ghost , did you imagine I would let it go to that hag of a cousin of mine ?
13 Did she think I would n't understand ?
14 Did she think I would n't notice ? thought Viola , beginning to breathe heavily .
15 Did they think I would loosen Ralemberg 's tongue or stir his memory ?
16 I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would
17 I , I said I know I would of had the mini for nothing
18 Well ha ha had I known I would have told you not to take a copy you see .
19 Had he smiled I would have expected gold teeth .
20 George said he hoped I would n't cause any trouble and nodded off .
21 ‘ Not much ; he said he hoped I would trust him . ’
22 None the less I had found the evening reassuring and felt no difficulty in saying that I was sorry but I was suddenly most awfully tired and if no one minded I thought I would go to bed .
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