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 . |