Example sentences of "[noun sg] i would [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that was the case I 'd play a synthesiser . ’ |
| 2 | Chairman I would like a word . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I 'd bear a grudge , ’ said Lydia , amazed that anyone could imagine she might not . |
| 4 | In the winter I 'd have a vest underneath and a green army jumper over the shirt , but not in the summer . |
| 5 | Earlier this year the mother of three , who counts Warren Beatty and George Hamilton among her former beaus , was quoted as saying : ‘ If someone gave me the cash I 'd have a facelift this minute . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If I was a toff I 'd have a watch , ’ said Sadie glancing at a wrist that needed no additions . |
| 7 | Deep in my heart there was still hope that one day I would receive a letter saying , ‘ I am alive and I have not forgotten you . ’ |
| 8 | That was where I met and still meet the only person I 'd call a friend ; Jamie the dwarf , whom I let sit on my shoulders so he can see the bands . |
| 9 | ‘ If I saw any of my bowlers gouging the ball I would put a stop to it at once . ’ |
| 10 | He then called a security guard ( who wore no uniform , and looked like the type of character I would want a security guard to protect me from ) . |
| 11 | ( Before I went to work in the morning I would take a bucket of water and a scrubbing brush and deal with the black-and-white chequered marble shop doorstep — in my memory it is a glittering affair , although cold on frosty mornings — because at that time of the day the rising sun often shone full down the High Street where we lived and on me , as I knelt on the cobbled pavement plying my scrubbing-brush . ) |
| 12 | I knew in one case that every Saturday morning I would get a letter from a lad who was having a very trying time at an operational training unit , and he begged me week after week , I eventually relented and brought him back ; he nearly went through and completed a second Pathfinder tour . |
| 13 | ‘ Every morning I 'd get a beaut before they changed my bandages . |
| 14 | I just thought I 'd have a word with him . |
| 15 | I said I did n't want to buy anything , but if he or one of his colleagues was prepared to dig my garden I would negotiate a price . |
| 16 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 17 | That 's the only way I would learn a tune , I could n't sight-read the |
| 18 | There 's no way I 'd need a tattoo or dress up in some surgical appliance to give folks a good night out ’ |
| 19 | Er if it was a double glazing company or a kitchen company I would conceive a promotion . |
| 20 | Oh yeah I want that Lego set from you then from Fudge and Father Christmas I 'd like a man each . |
| 21 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 22 | After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes . |
| 23 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 24 | In fact I would hazard a guess that one , if not both of these races , could provide the closest contests of the day . |
| 25 | Er if I was in power I 'd put a tax on every child after two I would have taxed you out of existence Ellen . |
| 26 | In those dark days when I was recovering from my knee injury I 'd play a video of an England match and upset myself all over again . |
| 27 | It turned out that on stage I would wear a loin-cloth and brown make-up , so that I resembled a turd in a bikini-bottom . |