Example sentences of "i would [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't think he 's thinking of marrying , but even if he asked me , I 'd refuse him , as I 'd refuse any man . ’
2 The SmartLink Pocket Modem 24 was fine , but at £249 I 'd expect better software than FaxNow !
3 See if it was warmer and dryer , I 'd go out there and I 'd rake that lawn .
4 I 'd wager good money we 'll hear from her again . ’
5 The 21-year-old from Darlington says : ‘ I used to get up at five in the morning and go cleaning at Presto , then I 'd work in a chippy from eleven to two and then later I 'd do some child-minding .
6 ‘ I never thought I 'd feel that way about any woman , but it is how I feel about you . ’
7 ‘ I never thought I 'd feel this way about a man , ’ she said , her face serious .
8 But I 'd get off at the Meinhof , looking straight ahead and keep on walking and I 'd feel this presence move up beside me .
9 ‘ I thought we 'd agreed I 'd cover that region , ’ Steve said , giving her his full attention now , his grey eyes narrowing quizzically .
10 I 'd bring some food too . ’
11 NUMEROSO : Perhaps he will , but if I were one of the people coming to live here I 'd want some kind of security I think … or would I ?
12 I 'd bang some sense into her .
13 I 'd suggest matt vinyl … ’
14 Jane McLoughlin also met an ex-hacker who , since his self-cure , had been able to look back with some pleasure at his early hacking day 's : ‘ I 'd kick that machine of mine into life , sing a snatch of Yes .
15 I 'm offering you everything I can , Folly ; and it 's a damn sight more than I ever thought I 'd offer any woman .
16 ‘ I thought I 'd wear British uniform tonight . ’
17 I 'd wear this outfit to a club , ’ said Lara .
18 Cos the so erm I said oh , I 'd love Scottish country dancing !
19 I 'd love some coffee .
20 For two pins I 'd send this lot home and have you all to myself . ’
21 Fraser Darling and Morton Boyd 's The Highlands and Islands is a highly readable earlier study of Highland ecology ( Collins New Naturalist but also in paperback ) which I 'd make compulsory reading for every climber and hillwalker .
22 I ca n't worry my husband because he 's not well and I do n't want him to think I 'd make any difference .
23 I 'D MAKE this Single Of The Week if it did n't seem such a wilfully perverse thing to do .
24 I thought I 'd make this week , I had four last week .
25 ‘ Franca , I ca n't — Oh dear — I promised Irina I 'd go over and help her pack — I said I 'd stay all day — they 're leaving , you know — ’
26 I 'd welcome any information you can give me .
27 I 'd welcome any information you can give me .
28 I promised him I 'd go this year though .
29 ‘ D' you think I 'm so stupid I 'd glue this thing to my head on purpose ? ’
30 I 'd call this place a hole-in-the-wall operation .
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