Example sentences of "would [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This landlocked location is n't the first place you 'd think of for a diving school but the Diver Training College is proving to be very popular . |
| 2 | So we hid it somewhere really good , where nobody 'd think of looking ! — Anyway , it do n't matter about putting it in the bank now , does it ? |
| 3 | And then there was her sister Laura , but she 'd think of her later . |
| 4 | Hardly anybody would think of Richard Wilson or Wright of Derby for instance they 'd think of Turner or Constable . |
| 5 | I guess you 'd think of us more as wildcat miners , but we follow the bluetrees , among other things , to lead us to whatever we 're prospecting . |
| 6 | He was saying , ‘ I knew you 'd think of something I really wanted . ’ |
| 7 | " If you had an ounce of sense in your brain , you 'd think of some plan to get us out of our difficulty ! " |
| 8 | I said , ‘ For God 's sake , Desmond , hire her a television , ’ but he said no because we 're not well off , not well off at all , and we 're having to keep her , she has n't offered a penny , not that we 'd accept of course , and anyway Desmond said there was n't any point because if we got her a television she 'd think of something else , want to play cards or something , and that would be worse — and he 's right , it would , because a game of bridge with her is like the cold war all over again . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I bought her those the day before she died , so 's she 'd think of me while I was away . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And I do n't suppose you 'd think of dipping into your patrimony to fund something similar for Sunil ? ’ |
| 11 | I wish you 'd think of something you would like for your birthday . |
| 12 | ‘ They realized what complete idiots they 'd make of themselves , ’ said Nigel complacently . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what they 'd make of ours , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 14 | It 's tempting to wonder what he 'd make of wordsmiths all around re-writing his work ; mellowed out or gobsmacked ? |
| 15 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 16 | ‘ I would have thought , ’ Meredith murmured , that as a life-long vegetarian , you 'd approve of green ideas . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Whether she 'd approve of the people who 'll be living here I do n't know . |
| 18 | He 'd swear of course that he 'd never again steal me from my proper duties with the children . |
| 19 | We 'd speak of ships and times at sea |
| 20 | I went along there one afternoon and stuck my head round the door ; saw two men in the sort of office you 'd expect of solicitors — box files in neat rows and shelf upon shelf of law reports . |
| 21 | He comes over well as a person , with all the outer confidence you 'd expect of a company representative . |
| 22 | It 's the last thing I 'd expect of Oliver . |
| 23 | Just as I 'd expect of Maurice 's sister . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's more what you 'd expect of Durham country than Hertfordshire . ’ |
| 25 | Maybe he thought , if he drove her hard enough and far enough , she 'd quit of her own accord . |
| 26 | We thought that was the last we 'd see of him … but Ian reappeared as we lost height … and he was clearly having a whale of a time … |
| 27 | I 'd much rather stay here another week , but I do n't suppose she 'd hear of it . ’ |
| 28 | But occasionally well not occasionally but quite often , at least once or twice a week , you 'd hear of somebody who is in the thieving business , they 'd got something for sale and you could get that quite cheap . |
| 29 | I 'd read of automatic writing so in my grief I tried it , spending many hours holding a felt-tip pen over paper . |
| 30 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |