Example sentences of "and you 'd " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Despite his airforce fatigues ( he has a pilot 's licence ) and handlebar moustache ( he is a cult on the military base circuit ) his feet never leave the ground : but close your eyes and you 'd never know it .
3 It is much frequented by aircraft crews and the sort of businessman who jogs instead of having breakfast , and you 'd be lucky to meet anyone in there whose native language was English .
4 If the film was , say , Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris , you 'd have three of your doormen dressed up as Old Mother Riley , which was a very cheap costume to hire , and you 'd build an Eiffel Tower , put it on a barrow and go round the town during the busy shopping time .
5 And you 'd have to think about it , then tell him .
6 ‘ Guesthouse , maybe -less noise and you 'd get more attention .
7 ‘ It 'll come one day and you 'd be as well to be prepared . ’
8 ‘ Wally might come in , and you 'd be in trouble .
9 ‘ He keeps hisself to hisself , ’ she was told several times , though Davyd , who always had superior knowledge , added ‘ cut him in half and you 'd find pure gold , all through . ’
10 Ten years ago and you 'd have died ! ’
11 You 've only got to miss one mark and you 'd be out there till morning . ’
12 ‘ An inch either way and you 'd be history , so I hear .
13 If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar .
14 At the end of a special evening , or rather at its high point , you would hear Gary playing a certain intro , and you 'd hear the whole bar going quiet as people recognised it .
15 A few more times and you 'd get it .
16 We 'd have white tie and tails to say Mass instead of vestments and you 'd all be answering ‘ OK ’ instead of ‘ Amen ’ !
17 M. B. On Dock Duty , you 'd stand all night and not see a soul and the Liver Building up there with the clock gradually going round and you 'd think : ‘ I wo n't look at it , I wo n't look at it at all . ’
18 The sergeant would appear from somewhere and you 'd dash the cigarette quickly , but the smoke aroma hung around the doorway .
19 Then you had to sit there and the sergeant would say , ‘ Fall in , ’ and you 'd fall into line , ‘ Section correct , sir , ’ and he might be another ten minutes before he decided to say , ‘ Dismiss ! ’ and by then you 'd lost an hour .
20 He 'd give you a visit and put it in his book and you 'd do the same .
21 A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this .
22 A. T. The worst part of the job was after passing the Sergeant 's exam and waiting for twelve to thirteen years to get promoted — you 'd have the Chief Constable 's Orders come out and you 'd see people who had passed years after you being promoted and you 'd think that I 'll do my thirty years like this .
23 You 'd get off at six o'clock in the morning and you 'd have to be in court at ten o'clock .
24 T. B. Bloody pest was stray animals , stray dogs — people would come up and say they 'd found a stray , and you 'd have to take it off them , take their name and address .
25 You carried a cord around in your pocket and you 'd take the dog to Wavertree Pinfold .
26 You 'd be walking the beat and you 'd see some kid with his backside hanging out of his trousers .
27 Few fights — occasionally , you 'd get a man who 'd been gashed in the face with a bottle , that had been drunk in the bar and you 'd be called in and you 'd take him to hospital .
28 Few fights — occasionally , you 'd get a man who 'd been gashed in the face with a bottle , that had been drunk in the bar and you 'd be called in and you 'd take him to hospital .
29 They 'd come and ask you for advice and you 'd tell them and help them all you could .
30 I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it .
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