Example sentences of "would lay [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd lay odds your name is Mr J Spratt . |
| 2 | I 'd lay odds that the person responsible is an insider , a pretty high-up insider with free access to secret information , such as closely guarded secrets as to the composition of the cargo , the destination and the time of take-off and arrival . |
| 3 | I 'd lay odds Zermatt is one of them . |
| 4 | Have n't gone much further back but I 'd lay odds on a comfortable middle-class upbringing ; do n't know for sure , though . |
| 5 | I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's possible , but I 'd lay odds it is n't . |
| 7 | Nor was she in the least bit jealous about whoever his engagement was with — but she 'd lay odds it was n't with his Prague-residing brother ! |
| 8 | I 'd lay odds on Russell wants a boy . |
| 9 | It was inevitable that women would lay claims to enter the public domain . |
| 10 | And as each year went along , erm we were determined as a committee erm that we would lay claims , natural justifiable claims to the employer to increase the remuneration in regard to the incentive scheme . |
| 11 | ‘ I bet my friend , who commands the 4th Battalion of the Presidential Guard , that he could deploy 50 men and that none of them would lay hands on you . |