Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] [pron] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption that once women had freedom from fear of pregnancy they 'd like men and they 'd like sex , just like that , meant neither sex nor men nor the economics of women 's powerlessness had to change . |
| 2 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 3 | With a bit of luck she 'd get the remaining two walls of her living-room finished tonight . |
| 4 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 5 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a super guy , the kind of person you 'd like your sister to go out with , ’ one of his handlers said . |
| 7 | ‘ Like , you 're the kind of person I 'd like to talk to if I just had a fight with my girlfriend or was in trouble with the law or something . ’ |
| 8 | A sign told visiting gentlemen to remove their hats ; it was the kind of sign you 'd see in the Duomo in Florence ; in some parts of America , war still demands what passes for reverence . |
| 9 | Look through magazines to find the kind of style you 'd like . |
| 10 | I know I could n't begin to give you the kind of life you 'd have with Dunbar , but I 'd do everything in my power to make you happy . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ She did n't leave him because his star had fallen ; she knew well enough that he was the kind of man who 'd recover . |
| 12 | His followers sold out the Hammersmith Odeon before any major label knew who he was , and more recently , when he appeared on the black talent show The 291 Club simply to present an award , he received the kind of reception you 'd expect for the ghost of Marvin Gaye . |
| 13 | ‘ Especially when he must have guessed the kind of reception he 'd get . ’ |
| 14 | And Mr Hawick did n't seem to me the kind of chap who 'd put up with that . ’ |
| 15 | If there 's any possibility of anything to be gained from this operation — and in the absence of the kind of labour you 'd prefer to have on a job like this — I thought an extra pair of hands might be welcome . ’ |
| 16 | Now , Mr. Donahue is not , repeat not , the kind of guy who 'd meet up with the Fender boffins over a coffee and casually say : ‘ Hey , give it a kinda , uh , cool neck and some real hot pickups and paint it killer pink , and that 'll be just great … ’ |
| 17 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 18 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 19 | ‘ If I get old , this is the kind of place I 'd like to live , if I had to live Outside , ’ Gurder went on , ignoring him . |
| 20 | Well it was just so funny , it 's just the kind of place you 'd expect to see naughty boys , there was you sitting to the |
| 21 | Give a man the best kind of pleasure he 'd get this side of the Fields of Aarru . ’ |
| 22 | She had no objection to working for her keep , but if Penry Vaughan went on treating her as if she were some kind of serf she 'd stick to plain , basic cooking from now on , she thought resentfully . |
| 23 | In other words , it 's the kind of food you 'd get from a restaurant in Chinatown . |
| 24 | In that sense , The Memory Palace is exactly the kind of show you 'd expect Art Futura to produce . |
| 25 | In fact , it sounds rather like the tone of a flat-out , old Fender Champ — not the kind of thing they 'd like to hear down at your local C&W club ! |
| 26 | This is n't the kind of thing we 'd want to see in the minutes , is it ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing you 'd want to be true , ’ she said . |
| 28 | At the very least NOT THE KIND OF THING YOU 'D EXPECT FROM THE FARM . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , its anorexic attractions are exactly the kind of thing you 'd expect from people who only formed a band in the first place to get off the dole . |
| 30 | ‘ If this were any other case of blackmail I 'd say it stinks , but as it is , it 's O.K. ’ |