Example sentences of "'d say " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd say , moreover , that you could always get out of a boat and go ashore , but from that height you could only crash . |
| 2 | ‘ On the pendulum of self-exposure that oscillates between aggressively exhibitionistic Mailerism and sequestered Salingerism , I 'd say that I occupy a midway position ’ , explains Roth in The Facts — in a prefatory letter to his alter ego of earlier books , the novelist Nathan Zuckerman , who is granted a letter of reply at the end of this one and a perusal of the intervening narrative . |
| 3 | ‘ It will mean tests , of course , but from his appearance and what Catlett described , I 'd say cyanide . |
| 4 | I never thought I 'd say that a sneak thief had done us a favour . |
| 5 | If my lips had words for the wondrous feeling of your breasts and nipples I 'd say them . |
| 6 | Well , I kinda knew you 'd say that , but had forgotten the unique thrill of the way only you can say things . |
| 7 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd say that , ’ said Lucy , ‘ Oh , God . ’ |
| 8 | Man , if it was his own home , I 'd say the man was really comfortable ! ’ |
| 9 | I do n't have that much brains , but I 'd say I had good common sense . |
| 10 | Like , I 'd say to a young officer , maybe just out of the depot [ training centre ] , if a old lady calls you for assistance to her , you 're a police officer and she will look to you for help , ad we have to leave people with a certain level of satisfaction . |
| 11 | Ten days later she 'd say , ‘ I ca n't do it , it 's my time of month . ’ |
| 12 | You know , she 'd say , they cook their cabbage in the same water as the bacon . |
| 13 | Fucking hell , he 'd say , you do n't really like The Faces , do you ? |
| 14 | Well then , he 'd say , what do n't you like about them ? |
| 15 | Ar , boy , he 'd say , nothing 's happening yet . |
| 16 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 17 | I 'd say , it 's the only one we 've got and we 're not getting any more . |
| 18 | And we 'd say , we 're paying good money for this . |
| 19 | They 'd say things like , ‘ Glen , you 've been a really naughty boy . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd think after all that that she 'd say what his lordship was actually doing in London . ’ |
| 21 | The waiting silence was broken by , ‘ I 'd say the train is leaving Carrick now , ’ and they all went to the fields behind the house to catch a glimpse of the train as it passed . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'd be better if we 'd say our prayers . ’ |
| 23 | When I came home late after working overtime they 'd say , ‘ she is not a good woman we must not keep her in our house . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ When we were in restaurants , he 'd say , ‘ You do n't want any pudding , do you ? ’ |
| 25 | I 'd say he was dead by eleven but it 's impossible to be accurate about these things . |
| 26 | ’ Put it away , Maurice , ’ he 'd say . |
| 27 | ‘ Plenty more where that came from , ’ he 'd say . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , hen , you 're a messy one , ’ she 'd say with her laugh . |
| 29 | They 'd say ‘ Oh yes , I know . |
| 30 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |