Example sentences of "[pron] would [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 I mean , the doctor had told me , but I 'd kind of shut it out .
2 I 've bought all sorts really , but normally in the first week or two of getting paid , I 'd buy a gram or whatever and make it last for four or five days , so I 'd sort of have a quarter a day out of it .
3 For two pins I 'd sort of say to them , I thought well you might might say something to the erm
4 ‘ I thought we really would make a new start , that I would sort of … make him blossom . ’
5 And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out .
6 and it was just a case of erm pot luck , I would sort of brought it out and looked at it and , er no it was n't cooked , it was cooked on the edges so I turned it over and turned it round and put it back in again .
7 and I would sort of put that in there .
8 I can honestly say he 's the sort of bloke I would sort of try not to get lumbered with at a party or somewhere like that I mean I do n't mind I did n't mind talking to her but I find her
9 Yeah , the got to actually change the starter motor erm I mean on the A D fifties and the two litre they I would sort of , its only a hundred and fifty cc , but the next biggest thing they did was stopping er , a sixteen hundred so quite a lot of those , but nine times out of ten all they did was another part , so
10 Yes well my grandmother I think she lived nearby and she 'd sort of pop in .
11 taller but you 'd kind of grow out .
12 He 's not like a father as you 'd sort of think of a father .
13 Because you 'd sort of , they , they 'd go up and then if , if you went any farther you 'd go on to the doctors ' lectures you see .
14 Er and often you 'd go into a quite a poor home and you 'd , you 'd sort of er , th there was n't the money about you see in , in those days .
15 Erm so I mean I think , you know , it might be useful , well , in some ways it would be very useful for you to have erm two sort of six month stints in rather different environments so that then you 'd sort of keep your options open a bit .
16 Well I du n no whether we whether you 'd sort of when you 're so close really .
17 and , and er she would sort of say oh and here 's a theatre make a wee bit effort yes that might be the answer
18 So you would kind of know when you saw what colour th that it would be that
19 ‘ I want you to know we did n't use any of this nonsense ’ , Koch protested between the titters ; ‘ … you would sort of start down that road and get so self-conscious you could n't do it . ’
20 But you 'd perhaps go three or four times before the baby was born and er just see everything was alright and you 'd know which way the baby was lying a and which way it was going to er you know come and if you thought there was going to be any problems well you know then you , you would sort of let the doctor know and , and he 'd decide then .
21 And er probably they 'd be interested to know how you would sort of handle that .
22 If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something .
23 I mean occasionally there 's a break where we 'd sort of get this stupid laughter and stuff but most of it most of it is just sort of like
24 if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ?
25 If someone 's dress or tie were askew , no one would dream of asking them to move . ’
26 In normal commercial life , no one would dream of doing such a thing .
27 No one would dream of putting a ‘ Vote Socialist ’ poster in a front window or an ‘ I back Chirac ’ sticker on a car bumper .
28 So ten to the minus three o No one would dream of putting of using percent .
29 They 'd , they 'd , they 'd sort of say , they 'd , they , they were supposed to book a , a midwife you see .
30 And erm there used to be shops where they would , they 'd sort of say , we can give you pills to bring it on , but I , I do n't think they ever really did .
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