Example sentences of "i would [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I ran out , I 'd paint the white ones brown ! ’ |
| 2 | I 'd feel the prickly cases through my gloves , |
| 3 | I 'd feel the local doctors , your local G P's are needing to be brought more into to line with it . |
| 4 | For a 386 or 486 with 8 megabytes of RAM , I 'd suggest the following : 1 . |
| 5 | Sister Alexis , 18 , student ( right ) ; ‘ I 'd wear the hot pants — without the flowers . ’ |
| 6 | What , what people had , had Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and they perhaps came for their order on the , or their weekend joint on the Friday and I 'd make the whole ticket up and they 'd pay and then that ticket would be torn off and if they wanted that meat delivered on the Saturday , that would be delivered with that ticket on the top . |
| 7 | If I were you I 'd go the whole hog and set up a large invertebrate aquarium . |
| 8 | I was full of threats and said I 'd get the right weapons to fight the marchioness , but it was a bluff . |
| 9 | But at least I 'd get the right size then . |
| 10 | ‘ I promised I 'd find the right man to save Swift and then marry him . ’ |
| 11 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 12 | But I would say that for recording I 'd use the passive sound ; it 's warmer , more mellow , and would sound good — although I 'd still prefer to gig with the Vester . |
| 13 | I 'd flag the whole area as a ‘ buy ’ without a worry . ’ |
| 14 | I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer 's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid ; I heard a policeman say to another : ‘ I 'd shoot the whole fuckin' lot . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd put the new tyre on , but I had n't tightened up the wheel . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You know , Athelstan , if it was n't for you and your bloody logic , I 'd put the entire mystery down to witchcraft . |
| 17 | They came out where I 'd put the old door on the , you see where I 've put the door here |
| 18 | Given the chance , I suppose I 'd take the Flying Carrot to Bombay again , though by that time I 'd have taken parachute lessons . |
| 19 | There was plenty of water now , and I thought I 'd explore the whole waterfront of Winter Marsh . |
| 20 | If cornered into making a decision , then I 'd say the obvious star of this threesome has to be the Japanese SB405 . |
| 21 | I 'll have that from Father Christmas and one of these from Fudge I 'd like the ultimate warrior from Fudge or Hacksaw Jim or Macho King or Robert . |
| 22 | Of course I 'd like the other things , but it 's just not relevant to the relationship . ’ |
| 23 | Customer : ‘ I 'd like the stewed apples please , but without the custard . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd read the various bits and pieces a couple of times now , looking for something deep and mysterious in it all but not finding anything ; I 'd even done a little research of my own , and discovered through mum that dad had some more of Rory 's papers in his study ; she 'd promised she 'd try and look them out for me . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd read The Lonely Londoners and I could relate to it from what my parents had told me about their early days in London [ before moving back to Nigeria when Agbenugba was ten ] . |
| 26 | ( In later years , adult years , while sitting in London stuffed with wholemeal digestives soaked in tea , I would be filled with the wheat and candour of this smell , and I would hold the digestive as long as I could in my mouth , as if aiming to grasp its exact ingredient and texture , to become its body and its recipe ) . |
| 27 | But it is not in the forces involved that I would locate the main divide in Britten 's operas . |
| 28 | ‘ If I had my way , I would burn the entire place to the ground and hang Fitzosbert on a scaffold as high as the sky . |
| 29 | In terms of constructive policies to deal with the corporate sector , I would emphasise the following . |
| 30 | With a grunt Toby agreed to arrange things and hoped that I would do the driving and that Jefferson intended to provide some decent champagne . |