Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd put [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As she was to tell one of her oldest friends : ‘ I only wish I 'd put my foot down with them years ago . ’
2 If it 's true , you know what I 'd put my money on ? ’
3 yeah I 'd give them are , I 'd put my money with you people as opposed to the companies .
4 I 'd put my life on it . ’
5 ‘ I 'm not a betting man , Miss Mackenzie , but if I were I 'd put my shirt on your being able to do just that .
6 About six months earlier I 'd put my name down on the lists of three housing associations , because I was sick of the council houses they were giving me .
7 Apart from the fact that I 'd put my make-up on badly in my haste , I looked fairly normal — a bit flushed , maybe , and my eyes seemed unusually bright , but perhaps they only looked that way to me .
8 If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable .
9 When I got past I 'd put my head up again , as if to say , ‘ I do n't care ’ .
10 I had your Gran on to me in a bit of a flap , saying she 'd put her foot in it about your mother . ’
11 I could see the nape of Mrs Goreng 's neck in the front seat ; she 'd put her hair up .
12 She 'd put her uncle in the basement so that his brain would go slow , for a change .
13 Searching round for where she 'd put her champagne glass , she discovered it on a wrought-iron table behind her .
14 She 'd put her finger on it .
15 You 'd put your money on Forest to win but this is the cup .
16 ‘ If it becomes worse you 'll wish you 'd put your foot down and that she was in Hastings Hospital , ’ Silas said .
17 I know what when we were dredging down there , we used to have er what we call our safe chains and when we were first dredging down there you 'd put your chain in , hands were all purple .
18 38 witnesses , among 90 creditors owed almost £2 million when How went bankrupt , have told the court they believed he 'd put their money into secure deposit accounts .
19 Erlich thought that he would n't be doing anything before he 'd put his head down .
20 He 'd put his elbow up slightly as he took the bag from her because sometimes she would clout him with it .
21 When the sales were on , ‘ he 'd put his hand in his pocket and gave my mother sovereigns — ‘ Go and get them all something . ’
22 He 'd put his hand to the place , amazed to see it come away bloody .
23 He 'd put his mind to it that he would n't , you know this he had it in mind that we were going to work for this thirty pound a week less , take it or leave it .
24 Well I do n't think and nobody will turn this you know this he nobody would , he 'd put his mind to something and there is nobody on earth that could turn him .
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