Example sentences of "i would [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd think about a better way to handle Eric once I had that out of the way . |
2 | ‘ I 'd drink of a cup of cold piss at this moment in time , Tony , if it blotted out the world . |
3 | The clean channel ranges from a sparkle to a dark , deep and warm tone — exactly what I 'd expect from a solid state clean channel . |
4 | I 'd change into a whole new person . |
5 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
6 | ‘ I 'd settle for a sandwich . ’ |
7 | ‘ I 'd settle for a Big Mac . |
8 | A shotgun would be ideal , though I 'd settle for a .22 rifle , but a crossbow will just have to do . |
9 | ‘ I 'd pay for a cup of wine and I have dice , though I would love to know the finer points of the game ! ’ |
10 | ‘ Yeah , I do n't know how I 'd cope as a solo artist because we 're a real support group to each other . |
11 | I went to this party at Mr Midwinter 's and it 's a wonderful house with footmen and things , and I went in just the sort of clothes I 'd wear for a party here in Helsinki . |
12 | ‘ I thought I 'd start with a dip in the hot tub . |
13 | Not exactly the first person I 'd send on a Feile stage to confront a horde of lunatics crazed by a thunderstorm but Nanci Griffith 's gifts are more private and homely . |
14 | You are the last one I 'd throw from a lifeboat . ’ |
15 | I 'd sit with a Coke and some crisps and watch him drink . |
16 | I thought I 'd stay for a while . ’ |
17 | I 'd go to a list broker of my acquaintance . |
18 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
19 | I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers . |
20 | Even money , I 'd go for a nice simple runaway wife or daughter . ’ |
21 | ‘ If I wanted to wade around in shit I 'd go for a walk down a sewer . |
22 | No , I do n't think I 'd go for a house that erm I would n't but those big houses of course it would have alarms would n't it ? |
23 | ‘ I thought I 'd go for a quick swim before breakfast , ’ she told them , deeply grateful that there was no sign of Guido . |
24 | I was a bit bored this lunchtime , so I though I 'd type in a bit of a report that I read in the Daily Mail about the Hibs game . |
25 | 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 . ’ |
26 | On the whole I 'd look for a combination of striking colours and light . |
27 | On the whole I 'd look for a combination of colours and light . |
28 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise . |
29 | ‘ If love was crime , ’ said Alex , ‘ I 'd ask for a thousand similar offences to be taken into consideration . ’ |
30 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |