Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'd just ring a taxi . |
| 32 | I 'd just drill a hole me and knock them in , you know ? |
| 33 | He 'd come to us with numbers he wanted to get off and I 'd just play a chord on the guitar and he 'd write a number round it . |
| 34 | I 'd just get a couple of bags for a Saturday night or whatever and then eventually I just got into it deeper and deeper . |
| 35 | I 'd also like a sample of his blood and hair to be left here at the Lab . |
| 36 | Well , like her I think I 've got brains and , at 19 , I 'd also like a career . |
| 37 | That most people you know , they wo n't try something like that , I mean , I know I 'm a bit like that myself I 'd sooner have a steak . |
| 38 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 39 | Anyway , I 'd already found a seat when he jumped on as the train was about to leave . |
| 40 | Big ships were heading seawards , the haven 's handsome pilot cutter Hakin was going about her business ( when I 'm terribly old , I 'd quite fancy a motor-cruiser based on her hull ) , and from one of the many sailing clubs , Mirror dinghies were towed across the calm water for a championship race . |
| 41 | I 'd quite like a boy then a girl . |
| 42 | I 'd quite like a labrador actually . |
| 43 | I 'd quite like a rest now , and I would if there was somewhere to lie down , but I do n't want to get dirty . |
| 44 | I 'd quite like a cigarette , too , even though it 's still early and I 've barely got over the morning cough but McDunn seems to have forgotten his manners . |
| 45 | I think I 'd quite like a little bit more please . |
| 46 | ‘ I think I 'd quite enjoy a tussle with you . ’ |
| 47 | Bill says , and John cuts him off in mid-sentence by saying , ‘ I 'd really love a cup of tea right now . ’ |
| 48 | I 'd really like a hamburger , but I 'm broke . |
| 49 | I 'd really like a cigarette . ‘ |
| 50 | ‘ I 'd really like a smoke first , ’ I croaked , laying it on with a trowel . |
| 51 | I 'd really like a mini . |
| 52 | And very often if anybody was killing a pig or anything , I 'd always get a piece of erm pork something like that . |
| 53 | ‘ And I 'd always ask a cabbie , ’ he said , climbing into the back seat . |
| 54 | I 'd never do a thing like that ! ’ |
| 55 | They said I 'd never make a manager . |
| 56 | ‘ The bugger said I 'd never make a businessman . |
| 57 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 58 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 59 | I was then granted unconditional bail , in spite of the fact that the magistrates knew all about the cocaine , which was one of the reasons I thought I 'd never get a sentence . |
| 60 | ‘ If she went , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd never get a word in edgeways . ’ |