Example sentences of "i would [verb] at the " in BNC.
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1 | The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Then I 'd look at the fields of beans , glossy in the moonlight , hanging fat and glossy . |
4 | ‘ I 'd jump at the chance , you know that . ’ |
5 | ‘ That I 'd jump at the chance of marrying you . |
6 | Erm so erm that 's the one I 'd recommend at the moment . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | But after a week or so I was acclimatised , and I would laugh at the discomforts of half-asphyxiated visitors . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
12 | On getting there I calculated when I would arrive at the next post , where I promised myself lunch . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ 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 . |
17 | I thought I would die at the start but , actually , once I got into the swing of it all it was rather fun . ’ |
18 | I told him I would call at the house this evening but he said he 'd prefer to come here . |
19 | I would look at the lines and tremble . |