Example sentences of "would [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " 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 It might be part of her job to parade through the ballroom but she surely did n't want to have to prattle facts and figures for what she was wearing now , a skin-tight concoction of bugle heads and sequins that probably cost more than she 'd make for the entire year .
3 Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors .
4 Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors .
5 whether they 'd stay in the right shape or not .
6 I 'd stay in the top class cos you got
7 Sally burst into such a fit of giggling , Jess thought she 'd explode from the tight lacings of her bodice .
8 Finally the flame would engulf his head and he 'd explode in a furious orange ball of flame .
9 But others of us who were Governors were so opposed to it that we all said we 'd resign from the governing body if the school did opt out .
10 ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise .
11 One thing that he noticed ; every now and again she 'd glance at the uncurtained window , as if she was checking the progress of the oncoming darkness .
12 The dogs themselves I 'd collect at the last minute .
13 The analogue recording is clean , smooth , and well-balanced , but benefits from being given a little extra playback volume to help bring the instruments into focus ; fortunately tape hiss levels are as low as you 'd expect on a good digital recording .
14 Well this boat 's fitted with the race pack which gives it a lot of the extra controls that you 'd expect on a larger sail boat .
15 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 .
16 As you 'd expect from a Japanese maker like Mazda , there 's a wide range of choice — where you want it .
17 Typical what you 'd expect from the Prime Minister .
18 Treviso showed all the skills and style you 'd expect from an Italian side , but their two stars , All Blacks winger , John Kirwan and Australian captain , Micheal Lynagh had a quiet game .
19 ‘ I can tell you what I 'd do on the last day of my life , ’ he said .
20 ‘ I sometimes wonder what you 'd do without the stupid machine .
21 Or then you 'd do like the four , four , four flares
22 ‘ Thought I 'd bring round the little brown envelope — for the guttering and that . ’
23 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 .
24 He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair .
25 Yes , but C and G are actually very good er very sound er on their er ratios , they 're pretty good , but erm some of them are n't so good , and you know , be careful when you 're coming to invest in building societies I 'd stick to the major players at the moment , even though you may get a premium by going to a smaller society .
26 He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle .
27 I had no idea how old and crotchety she 'd become over the last few years . ’
28 And , just when you 'd got out of the flower , and were feeling really proud of yourself , you 'd look at the new , big , wide endless world around you .
29 We then sprayed them with water for our picture and the instant transformation showed just how very good they 'd look in the right setting .
30 ‘ I 'd look like the flying nun . ’
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