Example sentences of "'d [adv] [vb infin] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not the kind of person that talks about my problems — I 'd rather sort them out myself . |
| 2 | Still , I 'd rather have them with us than against us , ’ added Feradach . |
| 3 | looks nice , no burnt or anything , and I says ee it 's lovely is it , I said alright , would been down for this morning like and I says ooh come on then do n't bother when you get home starting making anything I says just say , let's ask for steak pies , so I says er can we have er two steak and kidney pies please ? , she said I 'm sorry we do n't , there is n't any kidney an all , I 'm glad there is n't I did n't want , well I 'd of eaten 'em like but I 'd rather have them without |
| 4 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I have , but I 'd rather keep them for more important things . |
| 5 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 6 | We 'd just sell them round the estate , round the houses , like . |
| 7 | A chocolate bar or an ice-cream , or sometimes he 'd just take them for a walk . |
| 8 | Or if sort of they started they 'd , they 'd always have them in hospital and , and finish it off properly . |
| 9 | I 'd probably check them in October again . |
| 10 | ‘ Never mind , you 'd probably accuse them of collusion ! ’ |
| 11 | There are passages in this book which are curiously enigmatic or coy ; but I 'd recommend it to anyone and I 'd freely tell them about Dennis that he 's a good old boy , a sound socialist , a grassroots climbers . |
| 12 | My thighs and bum — I 'd definitely like them to be a lot smaller . |