Example sentences of "and [pron] 'd think " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Friday nights , I 'd stay out till Saturday and my friends envied me and would say , ‘ I wish my mother was more like yours , ’ and I 'd think , ‘ I wish mine was more like yours . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd walk down town with Vanessa , and she 'd be looking at baby clothes , and I 'd think , Oh God . |
| 3 | Often times when I was going into the country after orders and so on in the autumn , I 'd look at a field that had been freshly ploughed up after the harvest ; and I 'd think to myself how much like a piece of Doncaster Cord it was — colour , straight lines and everything . ’ |
| 4 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 5 | And I 'd think he 'd repel any true woman , who had any sense . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't believe it when I first , first year of marriage and when I got pregnant , er , we 'd walk into her , well it 's her daughter 's erm sitting room , she 'd struggle up out of an arm chair and I 'd think oh gosh , I know she must n't get up for me , got the tummy out here , |
| 7 | Ev , and , he 'd say oh turn left here and all that and then you 'll be going along and I 'd think oh |
| 8 | M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’ |
| 9 | A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this . |
| 10 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
| 11 | They 're quite short , and you 'd think they were plump except it s all muscle , and they do n't have a stitch on . |
| 12 | But I think er with a big family like mother had got , she used to like her divi day erm for erm you know , well say save up , well it used to come round about May and you 'd think well just , you know just in time for the summer shoes or something you know . |
| 13 | When he gets up to leave me he pats my shoulder , and you 'd think he was leaving early to boil up our late-night cocoa . |
| 14 | It 's called the Tripyer Shield and it 's a local amateur thing Eccles and District and to win it it 's like winning the F A Cup and this G M B team that we started we lost about three or four matches and we started losing the players , so when you do n't lock the doors and you 'd end up with about seven players and you 'd think is it worth bothering ? |
| 15 | At that point , it could be doing all sorts of weird things , and you 'd think oh , I 've got this wonderful graph and I plotted a lot of points close together , so I know my sketch was right , because it looked like this funny W thing or M or something |
| 16 | ‘ Her husband did n't mention it , and you 'd think he would . ’ |
| 17 | When the sea struck it it was terrific you know the whole tower trembled and you 'd think a giant got a hold of her and shook the whole thing up . |
| 18 | and he 's he 's six feet seven tall , he 's twenty and you 'd think he was thirty five |
| 19 | That 's what I said to you , your dad when he did n't want to take Aspirins for his restrained back , and him , do n't believe in these drugs and I said look , if a monk gave you this he 'd , he 'd give you the bark of a birch tree , pound it up in a pestle and water and you 'd think it was magic and you 'd take it and you , relax your muscles , is that what it is ? , |
| 20 | And you 'd think , Well what could be worse than lifting and carrying , and what could be more boring than doing that all day ? |
| 21 | And she 'd think it was all very odd . ’ |
| 22 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |