Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pron] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't tell her mine was n't a route she 'd stand much chance of following . |
| 2 | He did n't say anything about ( well-documented ) insults Yeugh directed at the distinguished internationals for no apparent reason — like telling Eddie Gray ‘ if you were a racehorse you 'd have been shot years ago ’ in front of the team — or indeed any of the other eccentric behaviour of the man that got him fired . |
| 3 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 4 | I wish I had a truncheon I 'd love to bash one round the head . |
| 5 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 6 | If I tell you a story you 'd have to agree to tell it to somebody else . |
| 7 | Have a look I 'd like not to miss that . |
| 8 | He wanted to watch his wife 's mouth move because it was a mouth he 'd come to appreciate more and more . |
| 9 | I thought after I was having a shave I 'd come downstairs , then I thought I heard the garage door go thought Lee put his bike in , I thought perhaps he ai n't got ta key |
| 10 | Can do , it does you know , so I do n't smoke now cos of my breath you see , if I had a fag she 'd go straight away |
| 11 | ‘ I 've come to discuss a deal I 'd like to do with you , ’ he said . |
| 12 | My dear Mrs Goreng , I felt like saying , you would have been surprised to come across a hotelier who 'd read Thomas Mann . |
| 13 | Just as well , for with the state the country was in people would be wary of a stranger who 'd come knocking on their door at an hour when they might be warm and snug at the gates of dreamland . |
| 14 | I wish I had a girlfriend who 'd hug and kiss me when I was going to catch a train . |
| 15 | ‘ Also , if you 'd really been a journalist you 'd have known what a ‘ stringer ’ is . |
| 16 | I mean , like you say , if we could put five thousand pound down on a car we 'd have |
| 17 | If it was a child I 'd say here you sit up properly . |
| 18 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 19 | Before we leave erm seventeen fours erm sheet , the there was a question I 'd have , I think it 's probably addressed to Graham rather than anything , nothing personal about this , er , the actual state of equivalent in the month , the third figure down in the last box |
| 20 | They did n't say , as the teds did , I can only wear a drape They 'd mix it a bit , getting into biker stuff and cap-sleeved T-shirts . |
| 21 | Well they broke off in wear and when you was overhauling a machine you 'd throw these springs in the tin in case you ever wanted one . |
| 22 | And then when he took he wheeled about in a wheelchair he 'd say , I want to go to army Emma . |
| 23 | If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground . |
| 24 | and he had to find a girl who 'd let him do it to her . |
| 25 | Apart from anything else , I 've not met a girl I 'd want to spend the rest of my life with — at least , not until I met you , and Harry 's pipped me to the post . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | Damn … what a fool he 'd look if his face peeled . |
| 28 | Reminders that you can call in as well on six four one six four one on the York exchange if you 've a point you 'd like to make . |
| 29 | However , there 's a point I 'd like to make very strongly … many of you reading this have responsibilities to supervise or manage staff . |
| 30 | If her father got himself a place she 'd go and live with him . |