Example sentences of "we 'd [verb] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Pull it in to the small boat , lay it on a box and then we 'd pull the chain in by hand and then we 'd rerun it further up the river .
2 And I suppose if we 'd got a clean sheet , and we started again , we 'd do it differently .
3 But er we used to answer when our mother 'd speak to us in Gaelic , we 'd answer her back in English .
4 ‘ as if we 'd leave you here on your own , ’ said Snodgrass , clicking his tongue at the very idea .
5 At this distance I hardly think we 'd trigger anything even if the bomb was activated , but no chances .
6 We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble .
7 while guzzling all our whisky : we 'd boot him out .
8 And if we had more arms we 'd finish them off .
9 That was how we 'd set it up from the beginning .
10 If it was a newish wheel and the joints between the felloes had a fair gap we 'd give her perhaps ⅞ of an inch ; if the joints were not very loose we 'd give her perhaps ½ an inch .
11 If it was a newish wheel and the joints between the felloes had a fair gap we 'd give her perhaps ⅞ of an inch ; if the joints were not very loose we 'd give her perhaps ½ an inch .
12 But wherever possible if somebody 's working in your area right now we 'd send you there .
13 And we 'd dredge 'em up and they and they used to pick 'em up on a bucket , go in there , pick 'em on a bucket and of course instead of them going over , the tumbler , into the harbour , we used to have to put a chain round and 'em off , cos if not they 'd have gone over them , tumbler and damaged the chute .
14 It 's very friendly And it followed us into the lane several times and then we 'd chase it back
15 Then one particular lesson we 'd switch it on .
16 That 's John , me boy , he 's a docker down the erm down the dock he got a weeks holiday this week , so I took me other boy and me daughter out last week and erm we 'd left her with dogs so I said we 'd take them out one day perhaps when he get his holiday .
17 So we 'd jump up an get one of these rabbit skins and then we 'd take it back to wholesale fruiter in Street , and get fourpence for it .
18 In the evenings , when Kāli brought the cows home , we 'd take it down to the stable to its mother and she would stretch out her nose to it and blow , and the breath would come out as steam in the cold , evening air .
19 We were afraid to tell Dad the exact truth so we said we 'd put them there to prevent them getting broken .
20 we 'd put it down in the reception area .
21 But if we were gods , and immortal , and could sit ourselves comfortably to watch the years slide by , with a magnetic compass conveniently to hand next to the ambrosia and nectar , we 'd see something extraordinarily interesting .
22 ‘ I knew we 'd see you here . ’
23 We 'd get him out .
24 But we did n't have a record player , so every night we 'd get it out and look at it .
25 ‘ He left it all to me to sort out with the planning department and I had to plead that we 'd lose him altogether if we made a problem . ’
26 was a piece of piss and we 'd sew it up tomorrow
27 Does he think we 'd shoot him down ?
28 We took masses of orders , from Paul Smith , Liberty and Whistles , and only when the show was over did we understand what we 'd let ourselves in for . ’
29 'Thought we 'd look you up — in your little Garden of Eden — hope we 're not intruding . ’
30 When the inspectors left , we 'd call him in and we 'd put the stuff back in the shelf .
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