Example sentences of "[pron] 'd [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd drink of a cup of cold piss at this moment in time , Tony , if it blotted out the world . |
| 2 | It 's the last thing I 'd expect of Oliver . |
| 3 | Just as I 'd expect of Maurice 's sister . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ If you think I 'd dream of sharing so much as a blanket with you after that you 're crazy ! ’ |
| 5 | I said I 'd bottle of wine off my dad just for us three , that 's just for us three . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd die of boredom instead . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to think I 'd die of cholera on the spot . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd die of a heart attack . |
| 9 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
| 10 | Now only three or four years later I 'd say of yeah we 're go to somewhere a bit quieter , so that kids can go to bed of a night time , we could have a apartment . |
| 11 | I 'd read of automatic writing so in my grief I tried it , spending many hours holding a felt-tip pen over paper . |
| 12 | So we hid it somewhere really good , where nobody 'd think of looking ! — Anyway , it do n't matter about putting it in the bank now , does it ? |
| 13 | Maybe he thought , if he drove her hard enough and far enough , she 'd quit of her own accord . |
| 14 | And then there was her sister Laura , but she 'd think of her later . |
| 15 | I said , ‘ For God 's sake , Desmond , hire her a television , ’ but he said no because we 're not well off , not well off at all , and we 're having to keep her , she has n't offered a penny , not that we 'd accept of course , and anyway Desmond said there was n't any point because if we got her a television she 'd think of something else , want to play cards or something , and that would be worse — and he 's right , it would , because a game of bridge with her is like the cold war all over again . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I bought her those the day before she died , so 's she 'd think of me while I was away . ’ |
| 17 | as if she 'd dream of approaching Lubor for inside information ! |
| 18 | ‘ Poor exploited things , ’ she 'd say of the couples who entered , hand in hand , full of pleasurable anticipation . |
| 19 | ‘ Whether she 'd approve of the people who 'll be living here I do n't know . |
| 20 | I 'd much rather stay here another week , but I do n't suppose she 'd hear of it . ’ |
| 21 | If he knew the effect he was having on her traitorous senses , she 'd die of chagrin . |
| 22 | The scene she had envisaged before she 'd come of herself apologising nicely , and thanking him , of Leo smiling gently , bore absolutely no relation to the reality . |
| 23 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 24 | I guess you 'd think of us more as wildcat miners , but we follow the bluetrees , among other things , to lead us to whatever we 're prospecting . |
| 25 | He was saying , ‘ I knew you 'd think of something I really wanted . ’ |
| 26 | " If you had an ounce of sense in your brain , you 'd think of some plan to get us out of our difficulty ! " |
| 27 | ‘ And I do n't suppose you 'd think of dipping into your patrimony to fund something similar for Sunil ? ’ |
| 28 | I wish you 'd think of something you would like for your birthday . |
| 29 | I went along there one afternoon and stuck my head round the door ; saw two men in the sort of office you 'd expect of solicitors — box files in neat rows and shelf upon shelf of law reports . |
| 30 | He comes over well as a person , with all the outer confidence you 'd expect of a company representative . |