Example sentences of "i would [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything .
2 He sent me a letter saying how concerned he was and I finally found the courage to go back , but it was quite a while before I 'd open up to him again .
3 internal bleeding , right so the internal bleeding sometimes shows itself externally , for example if I had damage to my lungs or severe damage to the inside of my lungs I 'd cough up blood and that 's in , what do you think ?
4 Oh well yes , I 'd carry on Oh mind you , we stocked everything then .
5 Over the first four days it was all I could do to get Dawn to step off the perch I 'd set up in the field , with my glove just a few inches away from her .
6 I would have had to pay tax unless I 'd set up trusts , er by setting up trusts I could then effectively delay paying the tax er use that money to invest in new companies .
7 Then I picked up my things at the stationer 's and walked home , ignoring the distressing tugs of the magnetic field , which made me feel I 'd wasted my morning by not doing the thing I 'd set out to do .
8 I 'd I 'd set off watery moves it must be I 'd set
9 I 'd meet up with the others again on top and we 'd descend together .
10 Occasionally I 'd meet up with others , but not often .
11 but er I 'd meet up in town and our house like twenty past nine , half past , get , get , get the bit of shopping done before the fucking crowds I might off wasted me time , we got in there about ten o'clock , right old day .
12 Every time the gel on the other end tried to bring the conversation to a polite close , I 'd crank up with another round of exasperatingly slow , repetitive , thread-losing , stammering ramblings .
13 I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad .
14 For on some mornings I 'd wake up lying , well wrapped in blankets , on the sofa .
15 Sometimes I 'd wake up and find I was the only one in the middle of the big bed .
16 I 'd wake up in the morning and.find a line of girls outside my front door .
17 I 'd wake up in the mornings , unable to face another day on that film .
18 Sometimes I 'd wake up in the middle of the night , hearing music in my dreams , and I 'd look down out of the bedroom window .
19 I said to her , I was saying it to Mum earlier , if that was me with a family , I 'd wake up to the fact that you 're pa , I , I I , there 's too many here .
20 ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’
21 then send me back in tears — or I 'd break down
22 ‘ Then , if it 's a private do , I 'd feel out of place .
23 Erm , I I think I 'd block out , erm , traffic noises , to some extent , because we live
24 If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up .
25 I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry .
26 If I knew that Mr. Andrew was n't coming back , I 'd give in my notice tomorrow .
27 I knew I 'd give in under whatever duresses Goreng had up his sleeve for me , so what was the point of resisting ?
28 I 'd ease up on the hard stuff if I were you .
29 If I thought it was too much I 'd ease back .
30 ‘ Then I 'd clear off and leave you to face the music , ’ he had sneered .
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