Example sentences of "first [noun] [pron] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might get a thousand or so more from Hartlepool but if we were in the First Division we 'd struggle to get 7,000 . |
| 2 | It 's the first question I 'd ask . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The trouble with using a Hasselblad is that you black out after each shot , and in the first session I 'd cut off the arms in one or two shots , so I had to go back and re-shoot those . |
| 4 | The first point I 'd like to make is that the original decision letter dates from excuse me , twenty sixth of November nineteen eighty . |
| 5 | Erm the first point I 'd like to make erm on this issue erm is that Mr erm seems to have assessed this criterion solely with reference to landscape quality . |
| 6 | She was always interested in fashion , and this was her favourite shop , so it 's quite likely this would be the first place she 'd come to . ’ |
| 7 | Not exactly the first person I 'd send on a Feile stage to confront a horde of lunatics crazed by a thunderstorm but Nanci Griffith 's gifts are more private and homely . |
| 8 | ‘ If I were on holiday , Nigel would be the first person I 'd contact when I got back . |
| 9 | Girls had obviously been standing in line for this man from the first day he 'd put on long trousers — or even earlier , she thought grimly . |
| 10 | Er and the first gentleman I 'd like to call on er is Mister Anthony who is our Marketing Director to give us a market overview and assessment of the product opportunity . |
| 11 | When he started making enquiries into the Josephs ’ business affairs in France you were obviously one of the first people he 'd ask . |
| 12 | ‘ I first started writing songs when I was about 14 , because I knew that the first song I 'd put down would be so crap I thought I 'd get all my ideas out of the way first , and then I 'd start getting all artistic , ’ explains Tony . |
| 13 | The first thing they 'd do if they captured one would be to hack off the two forefingers of each hand , the very ones our archers used to pull a long bow . |
| 14 | ‘ The first thing they 'd look at , ’ Billy countered , ‘ is a woman drivin' my auld rattlebones of a car ! |
| 15 | He had his top brass coming in from Washington to look at the operation and the first thing they 'd see at Filanta Court was this 30-foot PLO radio mast . |
| 16 | First thing we 'd do she thought , with a cloth and a big bucket of soapy water . |
| 17 | What would be the first thing you 'd do ? |
| 18 | What would be the first what would be the first thing you 'd want to do ? |
| 19 | So the first thing you 'd expect on just by the false but enormously appealing principle that the world is simple and elegant , is there is just one level of structure there . |
| 20 | I mean , the first thing you 'd notice is that erm sex would be something that was , you know , a public duty and an open . |
| 21 | If you were in my ward , the first thing you 'd get would be a jolly good haircut . |
| 22 | The first thing you 'd have to do , is take off the policy fee . |
| 23 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 24 | All you have to do is answer three simple questions , complete the following sentence , ‘ If I had bigger breasts , the first thing I 'd do would be … , ’ and send your answers in on a fax with coupons from any three GenTech products . |
| 25 | The first thing I 'd do would be to point out , in the gentlest possible way , of course … ’ |
| 26 | but you 're on about something else , you said the first thing I 'd do , that 's got nothing to do with Harold Wilson the first thing I if I were in power |
| 27 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 28 | Right well the first thing I 'd like to have you got counters or have you got a |
| 29 | Right , well , good evening , ladies , gentlemen and members of the public , and erm , the first thing I 'd like to do is to ask the youngest of the young ladies at the end of the table , who have come to talk to us , and I 'm not quite sure , let me guess which one , but I reckon that that 's Miss and , and that 's Miss . |
| 30 | The first thing I 'd like you to do is try to write er will you please write down erm do n't shout out at the moment , write down what would be your definition of foreign policy . |