Example sentences of "i would [verb] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute .
2 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 . ’
3 Often , I would n't bother to try things on — I 'd look at the price tag and think ‘ I 've got to have this , ’ especially if I thought it was a ‘ bargain ’ I might not see again .
4 Then I 'd look at the fields of beans , glossy in the moonlight , hanging fat and glossy .
5 I 'd jump at the chance , you know that . ’
6 ‘ That I 'd jump at the chance of marrying you .
7 Erm so erm that 's the one I 'd recommend at the moment .
8 Up and down and over and over , again and again and I 'd marvel at the bulk of prayer they made in any one day .
9 But after a week or so I was acclimatised , and I would laugh at the discomforts of half-asphyxiated visitors .
10 On the way I would stop at a restaurant and have lunch and then continue , taking my time .
11 I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life .
12 I would stand at the street door and wait until his tall , burly figure appeared , still plodding along with that measured tread acquired from years on the beat .
13 I would hope at the very least the council will review it after three months and consult the disabled , town centre traders and shopkeepers , otherwise we will end up with ghost streets closed off to those least able to move about town . ’
14 On getting there I calculated when I would arrive at the next post , where I promised myself lunch .
15 Rather than somebody as I say like me who sat down there and he 'd just quote all these figures and you would n't know what the hell he was on about and just , all you , all I would understand at the end is that 's what you got ta pay .
16 Well I suppose erm well I I I I mean I remember er ludicrous really , sort of thinking of what I would say at the Tory party conference while I was lying in that hospital in Venice .
17 Now , well now it 's just now we 've got nobody who , who score actually really scores goals except Thomas I would say at the moment .
18 I would jump at the chance of a move because it would be big step in my own career at 20 , and a financial boost for Bangor .
19 I thought I would die at the start but , actually , once I got into the swing of it all it was rather fun . ’
20 I told him I would call at the house this evening but he said he 'd prefer to come here .
21 I would look at the lines and tremble .
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