Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd open a window but … ’ |
| 2 | I got a bag of potatoes , the ones , say I thought erm this morning , I 'd , I 'd open a tin of corned beef actually it was an accident I er forgot that , what , I was opening a tin of corned beef for , erm , I was gon na make a salad when I realized that I did n't like corned beef |
| 3 | I 'd finish a bottle in three days and another over the weekend . |
| 4 | They spoke good Spanish : if they promised to interpret for me , I said , I 'd rent a car and give them a ride . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I 'd strike a chord , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If I was a real good painter or summat , I 'd paint a picture of this all sort of dark green and grey and black . |
| 7 | We went to this very flash restaurant and I was really nervous , you know the feeling — anyway blood was rushing , and I was looking at the menu — my French is pretty good — and I thought I 'd fancy a pork cutlet . |
| 8 | before that , maybe when the scrapers or whatnot , I thought I 'd do a job here I 'll wash blankets |
| 9 | And what I need to do I 'll I 'll catch a taxi at my place and I 'd do a copy and then bring it in . |
| 10 | I thought I 'd do a tape then mum . |
| 11 | I 'd do a lot for Sue , but a man has to draw the line somewhere . " |
| 12 | overpower , you know , creep up on you , I , I 'd , it 'd just get the better of me Eric that 's why I got really the other one you see and that , I , I have n't come to any harm not having it , and erm I 've just got to get rid of this because it 's , I 'd do a lot more Eric if it were n't for the television , I know I 'll miss it when I get rid of it you see , it has been described as a plug-in drug |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd feel a fool , frankly , being eighteen in a morning suit , ’ says Jack . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he went on , trying to find excuses for himself , ‘ I reckon I always had some sort of imminence because I 'd feel a hunch rolling up inside me like a breaker on the ocean and I 'd just know what was going to win . |
| 15 | I 'd feel a twerp sitting here doing nothing . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd give a bag of gold , ’ Benjamin murmured , ‘ to know what has taken Santerre to Glastonbury . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd give a lot to know what forensic evidence they 've found . ’ |
| 18 | Then , when the shop stopped delivering , I thought I 'd show a bit of private enterprise . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 'd light a fire if I had a match , ’ he continued . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course I 'd bear a grudge , ’ said Lydia , amazed that anyone could imagine she might not . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd want a stomach pump , ’ Rab said . |
| 22 | She has a lot of fun with Vogue 's heartless frivolity , Paul Theroux ( ‘ I 'd suggest a vasectomy ’ ) and the Surrealists ( ‘ What did these young people do with themselves when they were not engaged in the revolutionary act of sleep ? ’ ) . |
| 23 | ‘ I dare say , ’ said Constance , ‘ that I 'd wear a smile on my face if all I had to do was lie around all day and every now and then chase a bit of fluff round a dog track . |
| 24 | Sometimes I 'd wear a headscarf , but mainly I just did n't go out . |
| 25 | Sometimes I 'd fetch a shopping list into one of the city bookstores . |
| 26 | Yeah I 'd love a half cup . |
| 27 | I 'd love a mountain . |
| 28 | Personally I 'd love a coat of mithril mail forged by the high elves of the mystic wood , but I ca n't afford one . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd love a coffee , ’ Sabrina said , sinking into the armchair beside the window . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd love a coffee . ’ |