Example sentences of "[vb past] we would [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the lease on the Old Bells came free I grabbed it , thinking whatever happened we 'd have a job and home . ’ |
| 2 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 3 | No we had a reasonably good dinner and , and we did n't want no tea when we come home , this could have been some of it cos all I had then when we did about seven o'clock when we decided we 'd have a bowl of soup , erm , we stuffed ourselves , we had toast and breakfast erm , we had one or two sweets in the hospital , er while we were waiting and then er , we went to Asda and then we got er |
| 4 | They erm wa when we to we , we were staying at the Claremont and I do n't , oh , I think we just decided we 'd find a cup of coffee . |
| 5 | Using these criteria ( as well as that which stipulated that they should not be paid carers ) we felt we would achieve a more homogeneous sample than if we had included people less closely involved , and one which would be confined to those with a significant input into the care of the dementia sufferer . |
| 6 | We knew we would get a big loss this year partly because of the cost of the changes we have made . |
| 7 | I did n't tell you because I knew we 'd have a scene like this and I do n't like it . |
| 8 | We could n't sport the name of Dark or Phillips or Brown or Davies or any other Worcester paddler who went out to give their all but we thought we would have a go . |
| 9 | I thought we would have a special party , just the two of us . ’ |
| 10 | India in their home country are very tough and I always thought we would have a difficult task here . |
| 11 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |
| 12 | Said a friend : ‘ It was two in the morning , we were drunk as hell and thought we 'd do a bit of shooting for a laugh . |
| 13 | ‘ We usually bring our own food and eat it in the park , ’ Tom said , ‘ but today we thought we 'd eat a proper meal in a cafe with you . ’ |
| 14 | What with the Santa Cruz Operation 's new president Lars Turndal being the new kid on the block and a stranger to most of the people who 'll have to deal with him , we thought we 'd give a little of his background . |
| 15 | Rather than examine just one of Tony Revell 's acoustics , we thought we 'd take a look at two instead . |
| 16 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
| 17 | ‘ The team had put on a marvellous display out in Georgia and I thought we 'd get a few more than 6,000 . |
| 18 | We thought we 'd have a nice family evening in front of the television . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I thought we 'd have a good laugh when you came in , ’ she complained . |
| 20 | Anyway , she went out to get some text books , so there was a few of us who thought we 'd have a bit of a laugh , do something to catch her out . |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't really say we saw something suspicious , so we climbed in the back window , and then we just thought we 'd have a dinner-party while we were here . |
| 22 | So this week I thought we 'd have a go at making a miniature garden , which you can grow in your bedroom . |
| 23 | ’ We wrote the single after moving into a little village and seeing all the people driving to their office jobs and we thought we 'd have a go at them ’ |
| 24 | Thought we 'd have a reading session so we had a reading book and we had some maths . |
| 25 | But they look like I thought we 'd have a look through those , they look good ! |
| 26 | I thought we 'd have a Smartie one . |
| 27 | That 's why I thought we 'd have a quite afternoon after the show . |
| 28 | Thought we 'd play a little er different version this morning , just to er change things round a bit , but the message is the same . |
| 29 | " I never dreamt we 'd reach a place like this . |
| 30 | ‘ As students at Edinburgh College of Art , we always said we would buy a castle and do it up , but when it came around to it most of them had been restored , but Lachlan knew of Ballone Castle near Portmahomack which was still derelict and persuaded the farmer to sell it . ’ |