Example sentences of "would [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you look at the sum of the two Z scores times 'd each other , you end up with something close to zero . |
| 2 | Where 'd that come from ? |
| 3 | Okay well that 'd that 'll be better . |
| 4 | I , I 'd forego 'd that Sunday afternoon for agreeing to come there . |
| 5 | June would say , Ask 'd That 's a bit of the the Norfolk in her . |
| 6 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 7 | I promised myself I would n't come near you again unless you wanted me to , that the ball would always be in your court , and that if you chose to kick me out of your life for good , then I 'd respect that wish , even if it 'd half kill me to do so . |
| 8 | ‘ Haply I think on thee , and then my state , like to the lark at break of day arising from sun and earth , sings hymns at Heaven 's gate : for thy sweet love remember 'd such wealth brings , that then I scorn to change my state with kings . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wish you 'd all stop this , ’ she said , rubbing her forehead . |
| 10 | The company 's response was to issue notice to the original 40 that if they did n't return to work they 'd all be sacked . |
| 11 | And if I got summat Annie wanted — you know , like a little necklace or a whistle or summat , I 'd just give it to her , and Mum would say what a polite boy I was , and Dad would smile at me , and we 'd all be happy . |
| 12 | Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience . |
| 13 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 14 | Philip had shouted to the others and they 'd all come running up . |
| 15 | We 'd all be better off if it were abandoned . ’ |
| 16 | If you had n't been here we 'd all be in a far worse pickle . |
| 17 | In any case there was no point approaching anyone today , a Friday : they 'd all be intent on an early departure for their weekend retreats . |
| 18 | Perhaps the romance of the wreck , that vision of ‘ a brave vessel/Who had , no doubt , some noble creatures in her/Dash 'd all to pieces . |
| 19 | The cow would be brought in to live in the far end of the hut when the weather finally broke ; they 'd all keep each other warm . |
| 20 | And suddenly we 'd all be in Amsterdam or Paris or something like somebody 's idea of America for the evening , or else it would still be our own dear city , but from very definitely another era , all striped Regency wallpaper and framed Angus McBean photographs of Vivien Leigh ; or another time there 'd be nothing but opera on the sound system for a whole week , there 'd be complaints of course but Madame would say , I 'm just trying to give you boys an education , and Gary at least would be very happy . |
| 21 | ‘ Now I 've got the job here , it 'd all fit in so nice . ’ |
| 22 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 23 | We 'd all be as bad as Stalin if we did some of the things you suggest . ’ |
| 24 | We 'd have white tie and tails to say Mass instead of vestments and you 'd all be answering ‘ OK ’ instead of ‘ Amen ’ ! |
| 25 | They 'd all come straight to Ingham 's after the Requiem Mass and they were waiting now for John Burns , the undertaker , to come and tell them when the grave was ready at the cemetery and the men would walk the coffin there . |
| 26 | The women would take Nessie back to the house and they 'd all meet there again for something to eat and they 'd start all over again where they left off . |
| 27 | We 'd all start walking . |
| 28 | If the [ bobbies ] heard there was a break-in , or anything , they 'd all be in a rush to get there . |
| 29 | Then suddenly one of them would call out ‘ Aye , aye , lads … here 's the cops ’ and they 'd all move . |
| 30 | Normally , when the pubs let out — pubs on every corner , just drinking dens , they used to let out and they 'd all be full of drink just yapping and talking . |