Example sentences of "i would [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd lean on the chipped chocolate brown sill |
| 2 | ‘ Thought I 'd bring round the little brown envelope — for the guttering and that . ’ |
| 3 | And I 'd walk around the empty house , or ring Mum for a chat ; sometimes I 'd lie on the floor in Charlie 's attic and wonder what he was doing and what kind of good time he was having . |
| 4 | I 'd wander down the high street , frittering away on whatever took my fancy . |
| 5 | ‘ But I had such a huge appetite , my quota for the day would be gone by breakfast and I 'd start on the following day 's allowance . |
| 6 | I 'd stay in the top class cos you got |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd look like the flying nun . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , but C and G are actually very good er very sound er on their er ratios , they 're pretty good , but erm some of them are n't so good , and you know , be careful when you 're coming to invest in building societies I 'd stick to the major players at the moment , even though you may get a premium by going to a smaller society . |
| 9 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 10 | I knew I 'd come to the right place . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew I 'd come to the right place . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't know whether I 'd put in the right number and I thought well I 'll , I wo n't let anyone answer it , I 'll just re-dial . |
| 13 | I must admit , if I had if I actually had to say , which of all those would I be most happy not playing , I 'd say In the Bleak Midwinter , but |
| 14 | By the time I 'd run to the other end of the same streets , I was passing Jackie Onassis ’ front door and unbelievable opulence . |
| 15 | I 'd read about the Old Bailey and that sort of thing . |
| 16 | But the answer to these fundamental questions must follow a review of the law as understood at present , which I would express in the following propositions . |
| 17 | A short film would be shown of a man who 'd lost his memory through a cerebral stroke at the age of twenty-three , and was learning to programme his life so he could live alone , and then I would speak about the day-to-day struggle of living with someone who is in no-man 's world without reference and without time . |
| 18 | I think that one of the outstanding erm criticisms that I would make of the whole programme , in research with animals , is the fact that only two licences have been revoked I think you said |
| 19 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |
| 20 | His friend , Mr Derek Harrod , said : ‘ I would vote for the official candidate . |
| 21 | And er this of course er we th the office was being run I would think in the early twenties very much like it was done in the late nineties . |
| 22 | Like most people responding to this question , I would reply along the following lines : ‘ No . |
| 23 | so I would go for the recommended and hope by this version of Windows it knows about Amstrads and will sort it out . |
| 24 | An attacking partner would be ideal , and I would go for the left-handed Woolley , one of the most rapid-scoring or batsmen , particularly against fast bowling . |
| 25 | The editor had kindly accepted an article I had written about West Indian gospel music , so I thought I would go to the head office and introduce myself . |
| 26 | I was lucky that she was in most of my lessons but the lessons that she was n't in I would sit with the other friends from Stonham Aspel . |
| 27 | Sometimes I would sit in the deserted church of San Madin , a small twelfth-century romanesque building just off the Plaza Mayor , on the Plaza Poeta Iglesias . |
| 28 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 29 | I had become so eidetically adept that I could make these phantom partners mutate in mid-thrust , so that while I might penetrate a swivel-hipped virgin , clean and childishly scented , I would come in the flabby , dentureless , food-flecked mouth of an octogenarian . |
| 30 | Otherwise I was afraid I would fall into the old trap of pitying him . |