Example sentences of "[conj] i 'd [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's lucky I was sent here , to Hepzibah , or I 'd be pushing up daisies .
2 I did a diploma in nursing to add to my basic nursing qualification and it was pretty much expected that I 'd be moving up into line management ( overseeing several wards ) .
3 I 'm sorry , I just wanted to make a couple of points in response to erm things that people have said in relation to my opening statement , erm Mr Brook er mentioned the fact that er none of the employe none of the new settlement proposals of which he was aware , erm included an employment element , erm I just wanted to place on record the fact that our suggested reworking of policy H two does provide for an explicit land er amount of land for employment purposes , erm as part of the new settlement location , I wanted to say that because I , I 'm not invited to appear on your employment day , and I do feel that this is an important component of the the H two strategy , and clearly that employment component will be drawn from the Greater York allocation , the second point , Mr Sexton erm I believe said that in his view you could not find a site for a larger new settlement er within the or outside the Greater York er greenbelt , erm which would not result in physical coalescence with the existing villages in the area , now I 'm not sure whether he was referring to any particular size of larger new settlement , but I invite you to look at the er land range at one to fifty thousand er map of the area , and you will see that the area outside the greenbelt is characterized by erm a very rural area with sporadic villages , and my believe is that there are erm sites available within that area which could accommodate a larger new settlement , the planning point is of course the larger the new settlement becomes , I think the less that that the reduced number of sites you will have available to accommodate erm that proposal , because of its scale , and the third aspect I want to comment on Mr Cunnane and Mr Thomas erm said that Barton Willmore had not made a need argument for the new settlement , well if I 'm not mistaken that 's what we spent most of this morning discussing under policy H one , and I do n't erm I do n't wish , and I do n't suppose that I 'd be invited to repeat the comments made by Mr Grigson this morning , I do n't think there 's any need for that , but that establishes in our mind very clearly there is a need for a new settlement in the range of two thousand to two thousand five hundred dwellings , erm in the period up to two thousand and six , and I wo n't say anything more on that .
4 I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily .
5 And I knew that I 'd be seeing it in my more dejected moments for a long time to come .
6 I never thought er Mrs that I 'd be seeing , I 'd like to see the excreta first but er could it be , could it be a dormouse because they enjoy the insects and berries and they make similar type holes .
7 And it seemed that I 'd be standing in the way of your freedom and your opportunities .
8 She was smiling a pleased smile , and working things out ; I think it must have been the afternoon ( the only time she visited my primary school ) she was told that I 'd be going into the eleven-plus class and so ( because everyone in the class passed the exam ) would be going to grammar school .
9 right that I 'd be going over
10 David was horrified and was sure that I 'd be arrested and sent back to Siberia .
11 I also realized it was the perfect frame — that I 'd be accused . ’
12 I sha n't come criticising your healing methods , though I gather that some of them leave much to be desired , so I 'd be obliged if you left well alone in my field . ’
13 ‘ I intend to make something of meself , so I 'd be obliged if you 'd treat me with more respect . ’
14 I used to have Physics at half-nine and every now and then she 'd have an accident in the road so I 'd be running home , changing her and taking her back to nursery , which would mean I 'd be half an hour late .
15 Then he 'd pinch my lines which , of course , I could n't repeat , so I 'd be left speechless . ’
16 ‘ I 'm in the prevention and protection business , so I 'd be failing in my duty not to warn you of the possibilities .
17 The first time I ever got it I what do you want me to do and he said right run across there and I 'd run now punch it , and I 'd be punching the you 'd be jumping and turning round , I could n't get the right one , and finally punch it and the would be coming , said quick hit that and I was getting all sort of
18 She 's also a friend and I 'd be lost without her .
19 and I 'd be paying a lot more in bus fare
20 And I 'd be asking you back to my place for coffee . ’
21 Erm , to my knowledge and I 'd be corrected if I 'm wrong on this .
22 So I always sit up in bed for ages really wide awake , and I 'm reading and doing all sorts of thinking like things , and I 'd be talking to Ben , and he would say yeah , yeah , and he 's really vague as well , and I , I get really angry and then I think you can tell because then you tend to lean across and say , are you alright , are you alright , and I just find it makes it worse .
23 I 'd go for a night out and I 'd be praying they did n't take off my trousers .
24 I assumed there would be a massive outcry , they 'd ban the record and I 'd be arrested and taken to the Tower or something … ’
25 There was a stairway leading from our form room which had good acoustics and we 'd sit there on the steps , and I 'd be playing guitar and David would be singing .
26 Full mobility would return to the foot eventually and I 'd be climbing again .
27 And I 'd be going fuck off , they 're mine sort of thing .
28 If Vadinamia had the Fraxillian cylinder , it looked like I 'd be making a safe and secure pick-up .
29 But then he kept going on about how brilliant your party was gon na be and everything and I 'm sat there thinking let's face it , if I come on between you know , because like , it would have been alright cos I 'd be finished like , today or tomorrow and then it would have been like nice and ready for the party !
30 But I 'd be kidding myself . ’
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