Example sentences of "and [verb] i 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suggesting I 'd creep out and send a postcard to some , well , some girlfriend or another ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 3 | And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I 'd throw open the bedroom window as the dawn came up , and look across the gardens , lawns , greenhouses , sheds and curtained windows . |
| 4 | If you decide you want to a buy a new cooker and you go to the Gas Showrooms or the Electricity Showrooms and say I 'd like to buy that cooker there and I would like to spread the payments over time , normally nowadays twenty four months or thirty six months . |
| 5 | I just would n't , if she rang up and says I 'd say no thanks . |
| 6 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 7 | Say that for me and go I 'd say it were you were a snob . |
| 8 | If my lips had words for the wondrous feeling of your breasts and nipples I 'd say them . |
| 9 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 10 | I hoped I 'd have a chance to call in on your aunt some time today , and thought I 'd ring from Downshurst to ask if it would be convenient . |
| 11 | I recognized Billy Tuckett from way back and thought I 'd save you guys some time by giving you his name . |
| 12 | For Travis called at Leith 's and Sebastian 's flat a few nights later — ‘ Just passing and thought I 'd pop in , ’ so he said , which fooled nobody . |
| 13 | As the two women shook hands Didi added , ‘ I heard voices and thought I 'd pop in to say hello . ’ |
| 14 | I rang Michael and said I 'd like to go over and persuade him , and drove to his cottage and talked at length about how I saw it and why I really wanted his sort of ability and personality . |
| 15 | I met Chapman on his way to the Zandvoort prize-giving and said I 'd take the job — basically to turn Lotus into an engine manufacturer — if it was still available . |
| 16 | I was full of threats and said I 'd get the right weapons to fight the marchioness , but it was a bluff . |
| 17 | I 've been looking at them every day and hoping I 'd get one and he knew that 's what I was hoping . |
| 18 | He started telling me that I was an emotional cretin and to improve I 'd have to pay them a load of money to get into their reading room — at £10 an hour . |
| 19 | ‘ I went all that way on me day off , and hoped I 'd do some good between them . |
| 20 | Not bad considering age and form I 'd say . |