Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [vb infin] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know .
2 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 .
3 ‘ I thought I 'd turn in for the night . ’
4 I thought I 'd wait up for the early morning newscast on the radio . ’
5 ‘ I do n't mind waiting , ’ she told him politely and pleasantly , though she could n't resist adding , ‘ Rosemary and I are friends ; I have n't seen her for ages , so I thought I 'd ring up for a chat . ’
6 She 'd hold out for a while but it would always be made up after he came back with the roses .
7 So all you 'd do is you 'd cast about for a friend , you 'd decide on a price that you would accept and if it was a friend , if you had to sell it and you needed fifteen quid to buy a pair of shoes or whatever , erm and you 'd like twenty , you 'd turn to a mate and go , Have you got twenty quid ? and he he 'd say yes or no .
8 Then if you 'd lie down for a few minutes , have a few minutes ’ sleep , you were right again .
9 If I met him we 'd go out for a meal .
10 ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’
11 The incident must have shocked them , so logically they 'd rest up for the night . ’
12 And they 'd knock off for a bit of dinner , come back , and do the second milking .
13 Oh I see they 'd put in for a new pair and sell the old pair ?
14 ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen .
15 He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’
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