Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pron] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | You might be in here , harmless , visiting somebody , and before you could say Werewolves Unite they 'd have you on the operating table , jacking both legs off . |
2 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
3 | Positive , negative , and the thing at the end is a Z , of sorts All scores above the mean , if you converted them to a Z score you would expect them to be positive . |
4 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
5 | In the first place , we asked for a salary rise , a reduction in land rents and more fertile land because usually the owners round there would rent us plots which were n't good for anything . |
6 | ‘ You thought that if you turned up in the smart suit and with the laser-beam smile you 'd wow them into panting agreement ? ’ |
7 | Now , while I am at least mildly interested in his thoughts on evolution , why would the publisher of Angell 's book believe I would care what Gould thought about a baseball book ? |
8 | Possible , but if I was a BNP yob I 'd think he was taking the piss and would throw something , and if I was n't , I might throw something anyway because nationalism stinks — keep those ‘ Ethnic Cleansing ’ concentration camps in your mind . |
9 | Well , you said if I brought a couple of mates down you 'd get us in . |