Example sentences of "would [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd send me to the dispensary at the workhouse . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I wonder if he 'd run me to the shop , ’ said Betty . |
| 3 | She uttered something loud and incomprehensible in Dutch and told me she 'd meet me at the coffee shop later . |
| 4 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
| 5 | If the authorities read that they 'd put me on the next bus to [ name of border area ] and keep me there . |
| 6 | ‘ You must think I was taking a lot for granted , sorting all this out before — well , before I even knew you 'd let me on the island , let alone still want me . ’ |
| 7 | When we were naughty he 'd give Fred the strap but he 'd sit me on the mantelpiece to make me mind my manners . |
| 8 | Be very specific in spelling out desired actions , avoid being vague ( not ‘ I wish she 'd be more helpful ’ but ‘ I wish she 'd help me with the weekend shopping ’ ) . |
| 9 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 10 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 11 | If you would pardon me on the sheet , it 's a shame Mr 's not here , because that was his decision , because of the imposed cut in stationery from last year , we ran out of it |
| 12 | Then , recovering her poise , she said , ‘ Perhaps you would direct me to the Ladies . ’ |
| 13 | Even if I DID turn both taps fully on and DID leave the plug out I would not allow the bath to get anywhere near overflowing because my Mum would beat me around the head with the back-scrubber . |
| 14 | ‘ My father would lift me over the turnstile at the Brandywell , with me decked out in a red and white scarf and hat . ’ |
| 15 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 16 | I was dark , my black hair cropped close , a slight cast in one eye , and a cheeky expression which many said would send me to the gallows . |
| 17 | The Monster continues to scream as if it would blast me from the cosmos . |
| 18 | I had some fruit in my car and this would sustain me during the round . |
| 19 | I started by assembling a collection of objects that would provide me with the type of image I had in mind . |
| 20 | When I left school at 14 , I was beginning to feel strange urges within me — an awakening of manhood , a desire to assert myself as an adult , a different feeling towards girls , especially when they would touch me on the body . |
| 21 | He would meet me off the last train … . |
| 22 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 23 | I thought he would slide me into the strait-jacket right away . |
| 24 | One mistake would spill me into the maelstrom on my right . |
| 25 | ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl . |
| 26 | He did understand , and told me to stay close to him and he would take me to the YWCA . |
| 27 | On Tuesdays , Dad took me to the children 's cinema , on Wednesdays , Pop took me to Sally Carmichael 's dancing class , and on Saturdays my Nan would take me to the variety show at the Sheffield Empire . |
| 28 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 29 | I always wanted to be an actor since I was about five and my parents would take me to the cinema and theatre . |
| 30 | When the time came , I knew he would take me to the asteroids , and we could serve the community together . |