Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] i 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was n't just for me I 'd like to know him . |
| 2 | How could I do that after what I 'd read in Billy 's bedroom ? |
| 3 | Knowing general family traits provided a good starting point and from assorted references I began to get an idea of the species I could hope to find myself and those for which I 'd need help . |
| 4 | Shifting her belongings more comfortably in his arms , he explained mildly , ‘ I told him that if he ever came within one hundred yards of you I 'd break his neck . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know whether you 're one of those who are interested in such things — from what I know of you I 'd say probably not . |
| 6 | Well , judging by the looks of her I 'd put her at about fifteen , Vi , so get rid of her . |
| 7 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |
| 10 | On the supporters ' calls for his removal , he said : ‘ The supporters wo n't change my opinion of what I 'd like to do at Darlington . |
| 11 | ‘ Personally , I ca n't think of anything I 'd like more than to have you as a brother-in-law . ’ |
| 12 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't think of anything I 'd loathe more ! ’ |
| 14 | There 's a telephone on the wall just by my table and I think for a bit about who I 'd like to phone . |
| 15 | ‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’ |
| 16 | I do rather use the one , like me I 'd like two , cos I 've got one full of bits and pieces and the odds , odds and ends I keep |
| 17 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd hoped that after a love scene with you I 'd have no further interest in Rob . |
| 19 | The great thing about Dave and Max being such perfectionists is that when they were both pleased with something I 'd figure , ‘ Hey , I must be doing something really right here ! ’ |
| 20 | So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read . |
| 21 | ‘ From the little I 've grasped about him I 'd say that was unlikely , to say the least . ’ |
| 22 | If I 'd admitted to myself how I really felt about him I 'd have thrown myself into the whole thing , body and soul . |
| 23 | P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’ |
| 24 | left to me I 'd take all curtains down |
| 25 | He stopped as he heard her gasp , then went on steadily , ‘ But I have a question to which I 'd like to know the answer . |
| 26 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 27 | You 're just a piece of shit and if I stepped on you I 'd scrape you off my shoe . |
| 28 | Without you I 'd spend my summers picking morosely over the remains of train crashes . |
| 29 | Without you I 'd have to leave my stillborn poems on other people 's doorsteps , wrapped in brown paper . |
| 30 | ‘ If I 'd known why it mattered so much to you I 'd have tried harder to make you accept the truth , ’ she said , yielding to her own regrets for a moment . |