Example sentences of "and i 'd " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It 's tough , but I think we 've all a debt in these league situations and I 'd like to think Quins can put out the first-choice team or as near to it as possible . |
| 32 | Instead of going to parties , I 'd be out at night looking at badgers , and I 'd always be scheming to go off birdwatching or botanising . |
| 33 | She had lovely long hair and I 'd roll it up all in little merry widow curls . |
| 34 | ‘ We used to go and sit in the park , on the river bank , and she 'd have a book and I 'd have a book … |
| 35 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |
| 36 | In the big ones the money goes to the names as appearance money , and I 'd be unlikely to figure in the serious prize money . |
| 37 | ‘ He 'd written all these books about sex and I thought he 'd know all these exciting things and I 'd just be so ordinary . |
| 38 | You 'll need to spread your talents if you hope to make a living from writing and I 'd recommend reading Thirty Ways to Make Money From Writing by Jennie Hawthorne ( Rosters , £4.95 ) which covers markets as diverse as working for the trade press , humour and writing for children . |
| 39 | ‘ And I 'd never have thought Buckmaster capable of such a human remark . |
| 40 | According to Vision , they are the ‘ newest most versatile shoe ’ , and I 'd tend to agree . |
| 41 | A bad mistake and I 'd agree with the critics but I suspect we can all be terribly sensible about it and forget all about it … please . ’ |
| 42 | However , winter would transform it into something perilous in the extreme , even with crampons and an axe , and I 'd give it a miss during that season unless you 're an experienced mountaineer . |
| 43 | He would say , ‘ How about doing that ? ’ and I 'd say , ‘ Well , I … we really should n't do that . |
| 44 | And as a matter of fact , what got Carrington and myself to that situation on the last day was my giving up trying to play God , and I 'd really reject that . |
| 45 | All I 'd need is a few fags to keep me awake and I 'd have my foot down all the way . |
| 46 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of falling off , look you ; I love riding , ’ cried Deborah indignantly , ‘ and I 'd rather go home on horseback than by car . |
| 47 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 48 | It 's two in the morning , and I 'd like to get some sleep . |
| 49 | They had whalebone in these stays and we used to cut pieces about half an inch long and in the daytime , I used to make a bag full and put them in between the doors and I 'd go round the first time and put them in and when I went round later , if that whalebone was missing , I 'd make enquiries . |
| 50 | Sergeant so-and-so has just passed the Inspector 's exams and I 'd like you to take him with you . |
| 51 | and I 'd call it hooey to say Cimabue |
| 52 | politically suspect and I 'd rather something thermal . |
| 53 | Bills would arrive and I 'd just leave them unopened , frightened of what they 'd say . |
| 54 | The acoustic in the solo works is a shade reverberant , and I 'd have liked a longer gap after the Concerto , but the recording quality throughout is very acceptable . |
| 55 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 56 | Well , I 'd find a branch of the bank where they had a cash point in the wall , and I 'd wait . |
| 57 | I was going to wear myself out , then I really would faint and I 'd get found by some kind little old lady who 'd call an ambulance and … |
| 58 | ‘ And I 'd have loved to see him . |
| 59 | After supper Uncle Bill would put me , as he always did , in the big double bed in the room next the kitchen , and then he 'd leave the door open , and I 'd lie and listen to him and Bernard yarning , wondering how soon it would be before they got into bed , one on either side of me . |
| 60 | If we went out , they used to say ‘ we need to get you a boyfriend ’ and I 'd say yeah . |