Example sentences of "you would " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's pretty lightweight , most of it and what is n't lightweight is salacious , so I would n't think you 'd find much to stimulate you there , but you could try . |
| 2 | ‘ If only you 'd read for once or play cards . |
| 3 | Hello Hello … hardly what you 'd call grief with a large G. I smell a con . |
| 4 | You 'd have got better anyway , I told him . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps , my dear fellow , since you 're some sort of detective , you 'd try to get through on the telephone to the Carabinieri . |
| 6 | ‘ Saving your presence sir , ’ said Sergeant Bramble , ‘ I tried to explain that there was nothing amiss and that you 'd be back in time for supper with Miss Nicole . |
| 7 | ‘ Well … you 'd think a man with so many kids would make an effort , would n't you ? |
| 8 | ‘ I wish you 'd all stop this , ’ she said , rubbing her forehead . |
| 9 | And as to how she behaved to your mother you 'd never believe it — cigarettes , mess , gin in the teacups , and never a please or thank-you . |
| 10 | All she had to do was look at the champagne the way she looked at me and you 'd be able to skate on it . |
| 11 | You 'd have thought they were best friends or something , except that girls do n't have proper friends the way boys do . |
| 12 | She said it was tragic because of Kezia , and the way she went on you 'd have thought it was all my fault . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's always ‘ I wonder if you 'd mind ’ with him — never ‘ do this , do that ’ like it is with the Heptonstalls . |
| 14 | ‘ I bet you 'd never leave a place in a state like this ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then you 'd maybe better go into Dovercourt or something . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure what you 'd like . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'd ever been there you 'd know why . ’ |
| 18 | If you did get one , you 'd be permanently broke , which is n't quite what I had in mind . |
| 19 | I imagine you 'd be rather good at that . ’ |
| 20 | If you 'd like to take part , write to Richard Jackson , Morning Edition , BBC Radio 5 , Broadcasting House , London W1A 1AA , stating why you would like to participate . |
| 21 | You 'd have to be daft not to want to give it a go . |
| 22 | One of my colleagues , no doubt swayed by the heat of the discussion , turned on me sitting in my short-sleeved uniform shirt , and rebuked me with the warning that ‘ in my force , you 'd be disciplined for mutilating police property … |
| 23 | ‘ Thought you 'd like some coffee , ’ Jay said . |
| 24 | You 'd be so nice to wake up with … |
| 25 | Lucy , um , I wondered if you 'd like to come over for dinner sometime , like tonight . |
| 26 | Oh , good child , she teased herself , if only you 'd done this at school and art college , you 'd have got a first . |
| 27 | Well , I kinda knew you 'd say that , but had forgotten the unique thrill of the way only you can say things . |
| 28 | ‘ If I was a man , I believe you 'd be having an affair with me . |
| 29 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd say that , ’ said Lucy , ‘ Oh , God . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I still think you 'd be having an affair with me if I was a man , ’ she said . |