Example sentences of "[that] [pron] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure that I 'd want one . ’ |
| 3 | The thing that I 'd like to do and that I really wish I could do is give you a job here but Personnel have said I 'm already fully staffed . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There are some personal bits and pieces that I 'd like to hang on to but you can chuck the rest , I should think . ’ |
| 5 | The visitor left , forgetting to take her sewing machine , and I left with her , knowing full well that I would never see Aisha again and that news of my forcing the lock on her cupboard would reach my family and the whole village well amplified , so that I 'd end up accused of stealing all of Aisha 's possessions . |
| 6 | When I was told that I 'd have to share a kitchen and bathroom with strangers I could n't help thinking how this would astound the people at home , how they would snort with laughter at the idea that this could really happen in England , mother of civilization . |
| 7 | The idea was that I 'd go for a fortnight but when I got there she gave me the bum 's rush so I spent a couple of miserable days in France and then hared it back to England . |
| 8 | We were so broke when we were living there that I 'd buy a bar of Kit Kat in the morning , have two fingers of it for breakfast and the other two for dinner in the evening . |
| 9 | I even resorted to going to a hairdresser who guaranteed that I 'd emerge with dead straight hair . |
| 10 | David was horrified and was sure that I 'd be arrested and sent back to Siberia . |
| 11 | I 'm sure I 'll never be allowed back into Russia — not that I 'd ever want to go back . |
| 12 | The furthest fucking thing from my mind was that I 'd be a clothing manufacturer . ’ |
| 13 | I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily . |
| 14 | ‘ People had said to me that I 'd have a lot of spare time on the film set — oh sure ! |
| 15 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 16 | I do n't want pictures to be used that I 'd be ashamed of now . |
| 17 | I also realized it was the perfect frame — that I 'd be accused . ’ |
| 18 | It 'd been an embarrassment to me , but I said I was n't taking the bag , that the other guy could finish the round and that I 'd wait until tomorrow . |
| 19 | He requested that his parents and a very close friend of ours say goodbye to him , and that I 'd be in the room at the time and stay with him when they said goodbye . |
| 20 | the issues about my performance that I 'd like the team to discuss with me are … |
| 21 | After all I promised my Auntie before she died [ Mr Cannon 's wife ] that I 'd take care of him … and he 's a sweet old man , he 's always grateful for what you do for him . ’ |
| 22 | That I 'd dredge up to dress my ‘ count |
| 23 | Not that I 'd blame anyone for that . |
| 24 | A real home with animals , and a huge fire where you can roast chestnuts on winter evenings , and a studio with lockers built in , so that I 'd never have to tidy up ! ’ |
| 25 | It was only sometimes that I 'd wake and find Bernard snoring on one side of me and Uncle Bill giving an occasional snort on the other . |
| 26 | Failing that I 'd settle for reincarnating as either Paul Raymond , Madonna 's fingers , Phil 's meat pie collection , Ian Osborne 's dentist ( not that he 's ever been to see one , mind you ! ) , a bar of soap in an all-girl boarding school or a big black cat named Thad ! |
| 27 | ‘ I was warned that I 'd miss the thing I was addicted to . |
| 28 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 29 | Even then I started out as a singer , until it struck me that I 'd absolutely no chance of making it — something to do with having an absolutely diabolical voice , I think . |
| 30 | Then I saw some pictures of these Zamaitis guitars and thought they were such beautiful instruments that I 'd want to try to get one . |