Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather know I came fourth and ninth . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I was 17 I 'd probably think I had nothing to lose either . ’ |
| 3 | Looking at me , you 'd never guess I 'd killed three people . |
| 4 | Well I did do all my housework , you 'd never know I 'd done it . |
| 5 | But I would not say I learned nothing from Vincente . |
| 6 | I was in terror of the young man who wanted my heart , I was in terror of the man with the iron chain , I was in terror of my sister , who would soon discover I had stolen her food . |
| 7 | Oh yeah I suppose it will be much too early Left home at er today come in , I thought I so I 'd only gone about half a mile down the road filled up my car , paid the money the car would n't start I kept turning nothing was happening and then all of a sudden after a couple of minutes it erm like the way I 've button up my coat ? |
| 8 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 9 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 10 | No , I would n't say I did , and I would n't say that 's what I was looking for , particularly , because again I mean it 's a much abused notion that perhaps that class disappears in postwar Britain , I think that 's a political issue that was an attempt to make it look as if class was disappearing , class differences rather , but I think there is a lot of evening out , there 's not the stark differences of the quality of life of furnishings that you would have found say in homes before the war . |
| 11 | ‘ My dear brother must have guessed I 'd come here and tipped them off , but then he would n't know I had these . ’ |