Example sentences of "[pers pn] would put my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she was to tell one of her oldest friends : ‘ I only wish I 'd put my foot down with them years ago . ’ |
| 2 | If it 's true , you know what I 'd put my money on ? ’ |
| 3 | yeah I 'd give them are , I 'd put my money with you people as opposed to the companies . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd put my life on it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not a betting man , Miss Mackenzie , but if I were I 'd put my shirt on your being able to do just that . |
| 6 | About six months earlier I 'd put my name down on the lists of three housing associations , because I was sick of the council houses they were giving me . |
| 7 | Apart from the fact that I 'd put my make-up on badly in my haste , I looked fairly normal — a bit flushed , maybe , and my eyes seemed unusually bright , but perhaps they only looked that way to me . |
| 8 | If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable . |
| 9 | When I got past I 'd put my head up again , as if to say , ‘ I do n't care ’ . |
| 10 | Obviously I do not know but , if I had to bet , I would put my money on one fundamental principle . |