Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] a [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 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 .
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 Finally the flame would engulf his head and he 'd explode in a furious orange ball of flame .
5 ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 As you 'd expect from a Japanese maker like Mazda , there 's a wide range of choice — where you want it .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 At the end of her street , she 'd run in a mad panic , pelting round to the back door .
13 IF YOU won the pools , it 's a cert you 'd celebrate with a slap-up party for friends — and that 's how we 're winding up our great series of free contests .
14 They 'd hope for a fine day .
15 she says she 's got a beautiful place I said yeah , but look how many stairs , I said I just could n't climb the stairs , she said oh that 's it , she says , but er , she says knowing you like I 've always well she says and your husband , she even described you , she says I , I 'd thought you 'd move into a better area than that .
16 If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that .
17 And then they 'd call for a few days afterwards er whatever .
18 There was no way she 'd respond to a third degree , so I was hoping she 'd decide I was harmless .
19 I 'd change into a whole new person .
20 Even money , I 'd go for a nice simple runaway wife or daughter . ’
21 ‘ I thought I 'd go for a quick swim before breakfast , ’ she told them , deeply grateful that there was no sign of Guido .
22 He says that the smoke is drifting through the woods , it 's hardly the type of place you 'd go for a quiet walk .
23 Kev , Does that mean you 'd go for a 3 man central midfield or would play McAllister on the wing .
24 Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff .
25 If we sh wanted other conditions we 'd live on a different planet or we would have developed on a different plant .
26 ‘ You 'd live in a small cottage in Wales ? ’ she gasped .
27 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 …
28 ‘ The next day she would always phone to say that she had been in and she 'd pick on a few things that she was n't quite happy with . ’
29 ‘ Probably another £2,500 I 'd put into a larger stock fund such as the Fidelity Stabiliser .
30 If you 'd wanted to separate off your paras , you 'd put in a full size slug because it was easy to make up and the whole thing was absolutely modular erm but perhaps it would have looked better if it had been A four , or you know , Swiss in some way .
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