Example sentences of "'d [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first we just made conversation , but after a couple of drinks Reid looked at me thoughtfully , twiddling his half-empty glass , and said , ‘ There 's no reason not to tell you this , Kit , but since we 've got to work together , I 'd rather explain my mode of living before the old cats on the island — the European gossips — start telling you stories . |
| 2 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 4 | After all , a guitar tech 's job has to depend on such accuracy , and if it were my job then I 'd rather put my faith in the R450 than a box-load of pocket tuners . |
| 5 | Maybe she 'd rather see her friend first , even if she had to cry after , ’ Nick said . |
| 6 | I 'd rather see our dog kill our Brian ! |
| 7 | Oh yeah , erm , oh I 'd rather have our climate I think . |
| 8 | I think I 'd rather have my Tagamet because of that |
| 9 | He 'd rather say his mother died but she did n't . |
| 10 | I 'd rather cut my throat than go into an institution ’ . |
| 11 | I 'd rather keep my dignity . " |
| 12 | It is n't just bad behaviour that makes us wish the ground would open under us : there are times when you 'd gladly disown your child when she gets to the top of the slide , freezes there and screams hysterically to be carried down . |
| 13 | Although I do seem to remember a little scene after you 'd carelessly cut your hand at the fountain , when I mentioned a few more personal attributes that were to my liking . ’ |
| 14 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 15 | She 'd obviously hit her head during the impact because there was a small trickle of blood on her forehead . |
| 16 | They 'd already split their team to cover both the gym and some other place , and then split it again to follow you , so Blagg only got the leftovers , spotted them , and took to the hills . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd already put my life on the line by marrying you when I thought you were in love with Radcliffe . |
| 18 | direction it 'd fucking slice me ear off I reckon . |
| 19 | One dog would go in , and she 'd just shake her tail and come back , and you could n't get her in afterwards because she knew that they 'd cleared off . |
| 20 | ‘ If you 'd just answer my question , I would n't have to search all your rooms . ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't tell anyone , she thought ; people would n't believe me , they 'd just pat my hand and give me tranquillizers . |
| 22 | If somebody does that to me they 're right up my arse and something came like that , or even just on a single carriage road , or anything I 'd just touch my brake slightly |
| 23 | Slowly he shakes his head , as if he 'd just read my school report . |
| 24 | No good asking Olga Stych ; she 'd just stick her nose in the air and say that Boyd was doing very well . |
| 25 | BELVILLE : I take her to an artful young baggage and had I a young handsome butler or steward she 'd soon make her market of one of them and snap at him for a husband . |
| 26 | He 'd soon change his tune if he thought she 'd lost interest . |
| 27 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 28 | Her legs were bare to way above her knees and her legs felt cold and so thin they 'd hardly support her weight . |
| 29 | me being the type who 'd still suck his thumb |
| 30 | But he 'd got it coming , and she — she 'd got his word that , when it was all over , she 'd still have her job . |