Example sentences of "would [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd want to watch it . |
| 2 | if we if we get it off the ground at all it may be we 'd want to carry it over till the Autumn and start the new season with it . |
| 3 | For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! " |
| 4 | I thought you 'd want to count it . ’ |
| 5 | It 's nice a wee taste of haggis now and again , not that you 'd want to eat it too often , it does tend to come back on you a wee bit , does n't it ? |
| 6 | You will recall that when we talked about the libido theory , I said that there were erm different one of the reasons why Freud had to introduce the libido theory was he wanted to get away from the narrow biological reproductive concept of sex to do with genitals and reproduction which is of course he 'd want to expand it to include psychological never seen before er or never seen before so clearly , such as erm love of the self and , and this he gave the name narcissism , well he did n't actually , somebody else invented it not long before and he took it over very quickly . |
| 7 | ‘ United do n't build-up for games in the same way but perhaps they 'd want to try it . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd prefer to do it all myself , sir , ’ the girl said . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you 'd prefer to do it on your own , but it 's obvious you ca n't . |
| 10 | Er I 'd prefer to tailor it maybe to er suit each employer and to ask permission from er the other six branches as well first . |
| 11 | 6 assorted jars of chutney , unused ( I do n't know about you but I seem to accumulate chutney , pickles , lemon curd , etc. , faster than I can demolish it and rather than throw it away when useless , I 'd prefer to give it a good home — the best way of all is to sneak the jars into the National Trust shop at your local Hall or Towers and leave them among the chutneys already there ) |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd prefer to see it ended ? ’ |
| 13 | After those two leaks of privy information on radio programmes , one French and one British , he seems to feel he 'd prefer to handle it himself . |
| 14 | Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out . |
| 16 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 17 | Oh and , well it must 've been since we were at Malton so we 'd 've had it , what , about four three or four years when we went to Malton ? |
| 18 | if we , if we 'd 've left it long enough |
| 19 | Or I do n't think so anyhow , we 'd 've nailed it together for him for nothing and |
| 20 | If she had , I 'd 've used it . ’ |
| 21 | But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it . |
| 22 | And even if I had , I do n't think I 'd 've paid it much attention . |
| 23 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 24 | But we 've both got time to sort , I say , somebody , we 'd enjoy doing it . |
| 25 | This is top class rally driving as you 'd expect to see it … |
| 26 | Do n't become frustrated if the particular book or journal you want is not on the shelf where you 'd expect to find it , just when you want it . |
| 27 | What 's that little rule about always leaving the bathroom as you 'd expect to find it ? |
| 28 | It 's interest-free , so I 'd expect to get it in eleven months and twenty-nine days from giving notice . ’ |
| 29 | Truthfully , of course ; I 'd see how it sounded , and if it were too reprehensible , well , I 'd just have to think up a good lie , that was all , right now at the outset , and stick to it until perhaps I 'd begin to believe it myself . |
| 30 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |