Example sentences of "they would [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 2 | If they needed a punishment to hurt me , they 'd stop me playing . |
| 3 | I saw him put it in his pocket , do n't know where he got it fucking act the eejit fucking walk about places in the town where he , nobody would stop them , they 'd stop me |
| 4 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 5 | Oh aye yeah they 'd make me buy it . |
| 6 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 7 | Well , it began with just when I got me money each week , 'cos I had a job , a weekend job with me uncle and I 'd get me money and I 'd just go out and score , get a coupla bags or something and then me mates 'd come round here and say , ‘ Can I do a smoke in here ? ’ , y'know , and so they would and they 'd give me a smoke for coming in here and eventually it started getting , like , from weeks , from weekends to days , becoming every day , like . |
| 8 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 9 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm too much help to the police I do n't think they 've , I do n't think they 'd move me on . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think they 'd miss me , ’ Ruth confessed . |
| 12 | willi , willing and a a kindly nature but we if it 's in the middle of a game you know , and er , you know how you are when you 're playing a game well they 'd fetch me away to run for some cheese for an old lady . |
| 13 | I also got in touch with the real FFL lot at the weekend , they said they 'd send me an information pack . |
| 14 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 15 | If I had the address on a yellow card I could show it to someone and they 'd tell me . |
| 16 | But she could not resist asking , walking straight into his waiting jaws , ‘ So , since you know so much , what do you think they 'd tell me ? ’ |
| 17 | Not unless I 'm on me bi on my bike , and I doubt if they 'd measure me . |
| 18 | They said if we did n't consent for him to claim for the two of us , they 'd summons me and him for aiding and abetting . |
| 19 | I 'd be in the shower and they 'd push me out , actually push me out saying , ‘ you black so-and-so ’ . |
| 20 | I wish they 'd let me in . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , there was another sentiment which had begun to spread rather more widely than ‘ He got what he deserved ’ or ‘ I 'd do it with my own hands , if they 'd let me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me have my telephone , ’ Elinor whispered . |
| 23 | ‘ I wish they 'd let me go . ’ |
| 24 | After my first six months as Director of South East Arts , I 've prepared an interim report with five main topics , which I wish to put forward for public consideration , and if anybody has any comments to make perhaps they 'd let me know . |
| 25 | No that was that was the Friday and as it says th well I do n't know if it says there or not , but they said what would happen , they 'd think about it over the weekend and they 'd contact me the Monday afternoon erm to make a final decision . |
| 26 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They 'd find me somewhere . |
| 28 | Morris tonner from Cripps and er I said I 'd buy the lorry off 'em if they 'd find me some work . |
| 29 | On the plus side , I did n't think they 'd jump me at Stuart Street as long as Doogie was there . |
| 30 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |