Example sentences of "'d [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 I mean what I 'd like to do to be , to be honest , I do n't know if we will do is er be at er , at er Borg by about half four , five o'clock
2 ‘ I do n't think I 'd have cared to be represented by two images in the same picture .
3 Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together .
4 I 'd have hated to be in your position , a purely physical attraction outweighing personal antipathy , so I just went along with your wishes .
5 ‘ If it had been me I 'd have learnt to be transmitted as microwaves by now , and bounced off Jupiter .
6 We 'd have had to be pretty stupid not to assume what we did .
7 " There were n't really many single men around , and he 'd have had to be a pretty outstanding young man to take her in hand . "
8 ‘ I 'd have preferred to be a jockey .
9 ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed .
10 Maybe I 'd have needed to be born in Rumania or Poland to be the best player . ’
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