Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
| 2 | I mean one would hope you got some wherever you went you know , |
| 3 | I mean I would open my eyes and see myself like that , wake up and then I 'd bounce off the bed and then I 'd sit there bouncing and , and but I have n't had that in a long time and wh when I thought now a lot of times , if I think that I leave either the front door unlocked , my house unlocked or the garage door open I go and actually check that in the middle of the night . |
| 4 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
| 5 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 6 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 7 | ‘ I expect she would laugh her socks off if she found you here in royal regalia ! ’ |
| 8 | How was I to know it would give her a heart attack when it reacted unfavourably with some other medicine she was taking/ I only meant to give her a bit of discomfort . |
| 9 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 10 | The only thing that I noticed which would annoy me if I were a glider pilot was that , engine off , the propeller does have a habit of rotating slightly . |
| 11 | If a virus had begun to affect people who put crosses against Conservative candidates in general elections , I would presumably be arguing that this proved how immoral it was to vote Tory , but I hope nobody would believe me . |
| 12 | If he loses I hope he would accept it with equal good grace and if he wins I will be a good loser and help him out in the general election . ’ |
| 13 | I think there are other two principles though which I hope you would feel we er should respect . |
| 14 | BELVILLE : Because , my dear nun , I hope you would have it so . |
| 15 | When he was enthusiastic about a subject , and I imagined he would turn his back on anything about which he could not enthuse , he leant forward on his bar stool , his thigh beating against it . |
| 16 | I reckoned it would take her three or four minutes to get back to her flat , but maybe it was n't a good idea to hang around the neighbourhood . |
| 17 | If , if people sent them to you I suspect you would receive them quite happily . |
| 18 | I can not go back , I know they would reclaim me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 20 | We 're not supposed to help each other in a business way , are we ? ’ — he pulled a face at her — ‘ But I know he would welcome me into his band . |
| 21 | I know he would like me to send you his regards . |
| 22 | I know you would accept your son to have any injury if you thought he was going to come out . ’ |
| 23 | I know her instructions included the order ‘ Do n't let anybody cry ’ but I know she would forgive me . |
| 24 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 25 | I sensed I would hear his story eventually . |
| 26 | I reckon it would benefit everyone , especially English football to have schemes where young players could get loaned for a season at a time . |
| 27 | I will continue with the phototherapy work , as I believe she would want me to . |
| 28 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 29 | It has a competent selection of retouching features and colour balancing controls , but its biggest asset is sheer speed ; I guess it would top its Windows counterparts by a factor of three , if put to the test . |
| 30 | I suppose one would call him a hypochondriac , because Dorothy had once told me that her earliest memory was of her father standing in front of the looking-glass saying , ‘ I am a dying man ’ ; her mother 's face had that bearing-up look one sees on the faces of those suffering with their feet . |