Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what I 'd do with them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd be delighted if governments could prove all our reports wrong , if that means that human rights are n't being violated , ’ Smart said . |
| 3 | He recalls , ‘ When I was sentenced I thought I 'd be killed straight away . |
| 4 | ‘ On the pendulum of self-exposure that oscillates between aggressively exhibitionistic Mailerism and sequestered Salingerism , I 'd say that I occupy a midway position ’ , explains Roth in The Facts — in a prefatory letter to his alter ego of earlier books , the novelist Nathan Zuckerman , who is granted a letter of reply at the end of this one and a perusal of the intervening narrative . |
| 5 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 6 | I 'd rather you just … |
| 7 | If I went to night school I 'd be a student . |
| 8 | I mean , Sugar and Spice for example by Nigel Williams ; I 'd love to have a go at doing the part of Sharon sometime , I think anything that is well written — that 's important . |
| 9 | Henry V and the second piece I 'd like to do is a contract if … if , that is , we have time . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd have got better . |
| 11 | Well , if you were to sort of pop off , I 'd go on being a countess , would n't I ? |
| 12 | ‘ It will mean tests , of course , but from his appearance and what Catlett described , I 'd say cyanide . |
| 13 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 14 | I 'd shut my door , I was reading . |
| 15 | I might have guessed I 'd get no sympathy from Claire . |
| 16 | I 'd like to have a pair of boots like a German officer . |
| 17 | I 'd like to see Father go a round or two with one of them . |
| 18 | I 'd rather eat cold fat . |
| 19 | I 'd brush your hair every day . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd 've thought he 'd 've talked to the gardeners . ’ |
| 21 | He was great to work with — I 'd do anything to work with him again . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure that I 'd want one . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd rather sleep in the gutter than let that happen . |
| 24 | I mean , if it was there , I 'd have it ! |
| 25 | ‘ Thanks , I 'd love another one , ’ she said . |
| 26 | I 'd like another one , actually , but I ca n't see it happening now . ’ |
| 27 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 28 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 29 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd find that a bit difficult at the moment . |