Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [adv] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 2 | I 'd probably still be lying in a dazed heap in the corner if she had been — I 'm a definite sucker for green eyes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've seen all the other sides and I can tell you I 'd honestly rather be at Everton than at any other club . |
| 4 | I 'd much rather be liked than loved . |
| 5 | But I 'd much rather be given useful relevant information like where I am . ’ |
| 6 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 7 | They I 'd much rather be doing a hundred and three times seventeen . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , I 'd much rather be talking to you than … ’ |
| 9 | I 'd much rather be here . |
| 10 | If I were you I 'd much rather be with Michelle and Mutty Michelle 's very clever . |
| 11 | Cos I asked them about it , and they said I 'd much rather be doing that . |
| 12 | And to think , darling Lily , my darling sister , if it had n't been for you , I 'd as likely be selling herrings on Orchard Street … |
| 13 | I 'd never once be ill , or old and sad |
| 14 | At 16 , I resigned myself to the fact that I 'd never really be thin ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd still rather be up here than down there , though . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd still rather be thin , ’ said Felicity . |
| 17 | ‘ I dare say , but I 'd far rather be playing snooker with a few of the boys , accompanied by a few pints of beer — preferably Devil 's Dram . |
| 18 | But I 'd far rather be at home . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd almost always be on my own . |
| 20 | When she 'd first moved in she had n't cared about anything , certainly not her surroundings — they had been the least of her problems — and if the villagers had n't so kindly donated her furnishings she 'd probably still be existing in empty rooms . |
| 21 | Mrs Frizzell mentally crossed her off her list of guests — she 'd never really be anybody anyway — and abruptly made her farewells . |
| 22 | She 'd damn well been dreaming . |
| 23 | But I mean , a lot of people do n't glorify on the jobs they do , I mean Dinda she said you know , it 's awful being the one who 's getting all the all day long , kind of explained and help them with their problems , sympathise with , with something that does n't work she 'd much rather be outdoors than being a or looking after , but she said you know , it 's , it 's a secure job and these days I think well I 'm not I run my own car and they do n't really think that |
| 24 | Sue Hampton from Quedgeley loves pottering in the garden , but she 'd still sooner be at work . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd no longer be invisible ? ’ |
| 26 | So if you 're not too much of a purist about completing the circuit you 'd most probably be best off finishing in Windermere — I 've outlined how to adapt the main route to do this — or in Troutbeck village where the low level route finishes . |
| 27 | All the things that you take a curious interest in when you are lying under a car after a road accident , waiting for the ambulance to arrive and thinking that you 'd far rather be anywhere else but there . |
| 28 | You 'd very often be better off driving as you normally drive . |
| 29 | ‘ If we 're chatting again in ten years ' time , ’ he said , ‘ we 'd almost certainly be in this cabin , but we might need some new cushions by then . ’ |
| 30 | They 'd most likely be asking him if he 'd seen him . |