Example sentences of "you would [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd rather have a day out at York racecourse than at Headingley if truth were known , would n't you ?
2 Are you really saying that you 'd rather see a rubbish tip than fairways ? ’
3 that was a good idea if you can borrow next door 's dustbin your own you 'd narf get a lot of leaves up
4 You 'd sooner see a vegetarian at an abattoir .
5 They also do n't like wind rock so in a , an exposed position young plants do really need more staking than you 'd probably give a bush because they tend to rot off at the roots if they grow around a lot .
6 It 's probably erm , yeah I think you 'd probably have a shot at your yellow .
7 It 's probably erm , yeah I think you 'd probably have a shot at your yellow .
8 If we were doing it seven days a week , fair enough , you 'd probably need a chainsaw but anything , the loppers or the handsaw .
9 You 've also got to be able to get comfy and take a breather when you can or you 'd never last a race .
10 ‘ I bet you 'd never leave a place in a state like this ! ’
11 You 'd never get a match .
12 After a while she sighed , ‘ You mean you 'd still bear a grudge ? ’
13 And you went to school in the morning but never knew whether your house was going to be there when you got home for dinner or whether you 'd still have a mum and dad and
14 And then when you get to the er van proper you take things like a wardrobe and you put it edgewise on int th in against the side of the van , you 'd then put a wrapper over , and then you 'd put something soft like a mattress facing it , because obviously that 's a shiny side and if you can put something soft into it it 's not going to get scratched .
15 He had on what you 'd now call a yuppie look — baggy trousers and braces .
16 Well yeah sometimes , you see , the bull was killed as well , you 'd perhaps get a quarter of bull beef you 'd got ta shift .
17 Now I said Mr Nichol I 'd to take you to that erm but the only thing is it 's after the so I do n't know how you feel if you 'd if you would rather see a performance before the exam , or you would rather see that one after the exam , or two .
18 You have not yet read the whole novel — and you would normally read a text all the way through before you seriously get down to translating it .
19 There are other methods of storing food such as preserving , drying , or bottling , but these are of limited value if you live on your own , since , even if you entertain a lot , you would probably waste a lot of preserves or bottled food , as their condition quickly deteriorates once the jar or bottle is opened .
20 Oh and you would you would just get a day off for the for the funeral if it was a near relative to you .
21 If you was biking home , you would just get a smir of rain on your faces
22 Wh what you 're also saying is , is right though , that within that the danger is that inequalities get too great and you would also need a set of policies which would stop that inequality .
23 No , but you can , you can build any amount of hostels you like that could accommodate all , all the people that there are , but you would still find a proportion of those who do n't want to come into the system , so , you know
24 Of course , this can be a problem when sleeping — you would still need a net or wire mesh on windows — given the danger of the garlic lodging in the throat .
25 But really , soap is very drying on our skin and if you did n't use soap and you use a cleanser you would certainly find a difference immediately .
26 In this country you get a , you know , child benefit that you and in America you would obviously get a tax deduction if you have children .
27 Erm I found the , the greeting and the appropriate sociability to start with very hesitant but I think that was most probably just nerves on your part Robert , I do n't think it was something that you would usually have a problem with .
28 If you locked up one of these shawlies , as you were coming away from the Main Bridewell , you would usually find a deputation of shawlies coming running down the road .
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