Example sentences of "would [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always said I 'd make you a better partner , did n't I ? |
| 2 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 3 | She 'd make you a good wife — and she loves you too . ’ |
| 4 | I 've been thinking that if I ever meet the kind of young lady who 'd make you a nice wife , I 'll get her to come round and introduce 'erself . ’ |
| 5 | Generally I 'd buy him a second-hand suit and take it up . |
| 6 | Never mind , he 'd buy her a nice bunch of flowers from that stall outside the infirmary on his way home . |
| 7 | That 'd buy you a new car would n't it ? |
| 8 | Next time he 'd do them a bloody bunch of daffodils . |
| 9 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 10 | But what I 'd do is I 'd I 'd do it from hours something like eight until six and I 'd give them a cooked lunch all fresh food |
| 11 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 12 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |
| 13 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 15 | When we got the vans , Ernie was with us then and he always used to sharpen her knife up so as he 'd give her a fresh one lunchtime to go , he 'd , she 'd start off up , down from where you 'd come from this morning , then she 'd go on to Wicken and do that on a Tuesday , Tuesday round . |
| 16 | If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes . |
| 17 | Er n not really , you you may talk your way into some peasant 's house , and er er he 'd give you a scrambled egg or or something like this , and er that was something , if you got a scrambled egg . |
| 18 | He 'd give us a withering look as we slogged our way round the parade-ground , attempting to move like real soldiers . |
| 19 | Matilda said , ‘ I 'd give it a good wash , dad , if I were you , with soap and water . |
| 20 | I 'd give it a good hiding if it did n't behave |
| 21 | Today we 'd call it a one male group , it 's a social structure in which we have a single dominant male , a harem of females and im sexually immature young . |
| 22 | In the very first episode I did , we fitted that onto a wobbling camera tracking in ( today you 'd call it a hand-held shot ) and , together with a sucker cup sticking out into shot , it gave you an impression of the thing lumbering towards Barbara down a passage . |
| 23 | She 'd tell him a few home truths about his condescending , heartless , authoritarian attitude . |
| 24 | I 'd write them a snotty letter if I was you ! |
| 25 | Well I must admit that I think I 'd find it a real struggle to cut wheat out of my diet . |
| 26 | As little control as I have where you 're concerned , I 'm not such an animal that I 'd deny you a peaceful night when you 're so obviously in need of one . |
| 27 | He 'd teach you a few tricks ! |
| 28 | Mr Savage , like Mr Yates , is an original , but only his most devoted fans would think him a lovable one . |
| 29 | ‘ Some would think you a fortunate man — in this remote place … ’ |
| 30 | " … I would think it a sufficient detriment to the confider that information given in confidence is to be disclosed to persons whom he would prefer not to know of it , even though the disclosure would not be harmful to him in any positive way . " |