Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd skirt around the light cast from the windows and sometimes I 'd sit and watch her to see if she would do anything interesting . |
| 2 | I 'd stand in the lunch queue at school in my pegs while everyone else was in these horrible big flares . |
| 3 | I 'd vote for the party candidate . ’ |
| 4 | " I 'd speak to the doctor first , " advised Mrs. Butler . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't want payment , and I 'd sleep on the floor — anywhere ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could tell her I 'd sleep in the bathroom . ’ |
| 7 | He gave me £30 a week and I 'd pay for the bills , £12 rent , £5.50 for two bags of coal and the rest went on food . |
| 8 | I really could n't I would never get the price I 'd want for the alphabet . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd suggest with the victim . |
| 10 | Then , as soon as the lecture was over , I 'd rush to the campus shop or café to fill up on more food : sweets , cakes and peanuts . |
| 11 | I 'd switch from the newsdesk to the more featury side of TV . |
| 12 | I 'd sit beside the fire in my room , |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I 'd sit in the garden , ’ said Betty . |
| 14 | I 'd skim over the plaster anyway . |
| 15 | From what I can see I 'd stay over the water for almost the whole trip . |
| 16 | I 'd stay on the sip , whatever Frejji said , and wait for her to finish . |
| 17 | ‘ We had a YMCA over the road — but I thought if I ever came back I 'd go into the Raffles Hotel . ’ |
| 18 | After a while I thought I 'd go into the orchard and practise some chip shots so I went to get my nine iron . |
| 19 | I knew as soon as I wrote it down I 'd go off the boil . |
| 20 | I 'd go to the cottage and raise hell . ’ |
| 21 | I thought I 'd go into erm I 'd go to the bank on my way to this afternoon . |
| 22 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 23 | When I 'd finished I thought I 'd go to the living room to curl up by the gas fire . |
| 24 | ‘ If I were Jerry , ’ said Finlayson , ‘ I 'd go for the France . |
| 25 | ‘ I think I 'd go for the Loire , on the whole . |
| 26 | We arranged that I 'd go for the weekend , but I would n't leave my sister . |
| 27 | But , if a test on a chimpanzee would save my child 's life I 'm afraid I 'd go for the test on the chimpanzee . |
| 28 | If I were Souness I 'd go for the Charles Bronson option . |
| 29 | Meanwhile I 'd go round the town interviewing trade unionists , redundant workers , councillors , tenants and community associations : the reform of men was not yet part of their agenda . |
| 30 | If I got a new beat , I 'd go round the beat and say , ‘ Get to the kerb ! ’ and they 'd move to the kerb reluctantly . |