Example sentences of "would [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't been ambitious , but you 'd think every dish was topped with one of those silver-foil slips the rajahs ate . |
| 2 | You 'd think no man had ever seen you in your nightgown before . ’ |
| 3 | All men were the same , of course : they all liked to hold the floor while the womenfolk listened respectfully , but then you 'd think a Turk would be more interesting . |
| 4 | ‘ Well … you 'd think a man with so many kids would make an effort , would n't you ? |
| 5 | When the sea struck it it was terrific you know the whole tower trembled and you 'd think a giant got a hold of her and shook the whole thing up . |
| 6 | You 'd think the sun , moon and stars shone from her eyes . ’ |
| 7 | After the Easter holiday , you 'd think the Wharf would be twice as busy , but trade 's getting worse all the time . |
| 8 | The speed of them and everything you know , you you 'd think the film was speeded up but apparently it 's not . |
| 9 | You can only see twelve feet er , you 'd think the place was empty in the bar . |
| 10 | You 'd think the brother and sister would . |
| 11 | At a time of crisis , you 'd think the body would try even harder . ’ |
| 12 | She raked round their rubbish heaps at night ; she stole from them — peats from the stacks outside their huts , oats gleaned at night from the fields where they drove her away by day , once a half-grown lamb with a broken leg , that she killed with her knife and carried furtively back to the hut , praying they 'd think an eagle or fox had taken it . |
| 13 | They 'd make a change . |
| 14 | The new constable has sent each of ye a mug o' wine — reckoned it 'd make a change from ale . |
| 15 | But I 'd make a request that you do n't try to offend brother Tundrish similarly . |
| 16 | I still had time to kill , so I thought I 'd make a couple of ‘ phone calls and that meant employing the Middleditch gambit . |
| 17 | The mud they put out now there is lucky if they put two hundred ton in and that 's only had by grab and course they 'd make a hole there , then course that fill up again . |
| 18 | Mrs. Campbell hoped that a tide waiter 's post might be found for the man , but there was more to it than charity , for , as she advised her cousin , William Anderson 's brother was a rich baker who had lately filled the office of deacon convener of trades in Stirling , and ‘ as he has a near connection with severalls in the present management I wish if possible you could fall on a way to get this small thing for him , it wou 'd make a noise amongest the folks to see that we are at pains to do for them ’ . |
| 19 | I thought of it at one ti me , but I knew I 'd make a mess of it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I think he sent me out to France , ’ she finished , ‘ hoping I 'd make a mess of things . |
| 21 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 22 | We agreed to have a summit meeting in Bromley High Street after school , where we 'd make a decision on what to do . |
| 23 | Quite often she 'd make a grab , I 'd move with her and there would be a tug'o'war , ending up with the food breaking or her giving up . |
| 24 | It must have been creepy for you , going into that empty house and finding something nasty behind the door … hey , that 'd make a title , would n't it ? |
| 25 | We 'd make a fortune as factotums ! ’ laughed Breeze , who was talking at random to keep her sister 's thoughts from turning towards melancholy things . |
| 26 | You 'd make a fortune . |
| 27 | if you , you was all clawing to get one of them cos you 'd make a bit more of it . |
| 28 | He looked as if he 'd make a Rottweiler pause for thought . |
| 29 | Fit and well he 'd make a lot of difference to the England side |
| 30 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |