Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Thank god I was n't listening to Radio 5 , else I 'd probably not have any fingernails left with worry that they would n't put even one past Swindon . |
2 | I 'd probably only fail the test anyway . ’ ) |
3 | ‘ I 'd probably only develop a fetish for coprophagy . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 'd rather just stay here . ’ |
5 | But she was bluffing as she added , ‘ I 'd rather just go home . ’ |
6 | Well , I 'd rather just go round there for an hour and sit there . |
7 | If Brighter are an option , I 'd rather just watch dry paint . |
8 | ‘ I 'd rather just talk , ’ Zen shouted . |
9 | ‘ I 'd rather just take the gear and give them nothing ’ pretends Richard , smiling . |
10 | I 'd rather just have you on one preparation and then we see what happens . |
11 | I 'd rather just have Ambrosia really . |
12 | but then again I 'd rather just let them get on with it I 'm not trying to convert you to the better way of doing things , cos obviously I do n't know a whether there 's |
13 | I 'd rather fucking pick my arse . |
14 | I do n't really like walking around thinking I 'd like to buy that — I 'd rather not go . |
15 | ‘ I 'd rather not go into that right now . |
16 | I 'd rather not go to Liverpool ! |
17 | ‘ I 'd rather not continue this discussion anywhere . |
18 | ‘ Well , I 'd rather not tell you just now , but I suppose you 'll discover it sooner or later . |
19 | ‘ I 'd rather not tell you , mother . |
20 | ‘ I 'd rather not comment on that , ’ he says . |
21 | I 'd rather not comment . |
22 | But mother 's too close for comfort ; there 'd be too many nearby friends , too many chances of bumping into people I 'd rather not bump into ; too much mitigating against the clean break ; new start . |
23 | I 'd rather not think about it yet . ’ |
24 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
25 | Shamed Souness said : ‘ I 'd rather not talk about the goals we gave away and concentrate instead on the pluses . ’ |
26 | I 'd rather not talk to the guests much beforehand simply because I find it works better just to say hello , and thanks for coming , and leave it at that . |
27 | ‘ I 'd rather not talk about it , if you do n't mind . ’ |
28 | I 'd rather not sleep with him if I can avoid it because he 's , he , I just do n't get any sleep . |
29 | ‘ I 'd rather not discuss it on the phone . |
30 | I 'd rather not see him . |