Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] would [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 2 | When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will . |
| 3 | But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet . |
| 4 | how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records . |
| 5 | The only thing that I noticed which would annoy me if I were a glider pilot was that , engine off , the propeller does have a habit of rotating slightly . |
| 6 | It was the last thing I needed to know as I prayed it would miss us . |
| 7 | My life is here , and I have no intention of sharing it with you , not if you offered me an Empire , let alone a castle in Scotland and the fortune of a man whom I despised and who I warned you would treat you badly . |
| 8 | ‘ Aye , ’ said Jake , ‘ I swore I 'd get him one day — I strung 'im up yon old oak and lit a bonfire under 'im . ’ |
| 9 | I decided I 'd make him laugh , so the house was shaped like a penis . |
| 10 | Then , over breakfast , I decided I 'd keep it to myself . |
| 11 | I felt he would protect me from Mrs Reed . |
| 12 | But I felt I 'd let him down . |
| 13 | I felt it would bind us together . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew we 'd see you here . ’ |
| 15 | I knew they would follow me quickly so I told the spaceship to take me to a very quiet part of the Galaxy , a long way from any planets with people on . |
| 16 | Knowing both of them , I knew they would hit it off when they got to know one another better . |
| 17 | I knew 'e would like you , because you are a wonderful girl , and 'e is a wonderful man . |
| 18 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 19 | She reddened , said : ‘ I knew you would think I had taken too much responsibility on myself . ’ |
| 20 | So I knew you would eat it like that in an omelette . |
| 21 | Ben said , ‘ I knew you would keep her . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I knew you would read it sooner or later . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew you 'd do it , lad . |
| 24 | I knew you 'd do it ! ’ |
| 25 | As soon as I saw him I knew you 'd love him . ’ |
| 26 | As soon as I saw you riding , I knew you 'd make it — so long as they did n't get to you . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew you 'd get me , ’ Midwinter said . |
| 28 | ‘ I knew you 'd see it , me boy , ’ his father smiled , putting an arm round his eldest 's shoulder . |
| 29 | ‘ I knew you 'd see it my way . ’ |
| 30 | I knew you 'd ask me that . |