Example sentences of "[adv] he would " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore he would instruct all the dealers in his charge to do the same , on the grounds that a joint effort would shift the share price , and that , besides , the company 's prospects were good anyway .
2 Suddenly he would come up with things that were very exciting . ’
3 Muhammad Ali was like that , he 'd look weary and suddenly he 'd produce one big punch and his man would be gone .
4 One pal said : ‘ He loved her so much he would have done anything to protect her and he paid for that love with his life . ’
5 I replied with caution and a slightly playful evasion that I understood that he would decide that , to which he replied that naturally he would like to take into account any hopes of mine .
6 Naturally he would n't wish to tell anyone where he was .
7 Naturally he would stress the difference between phalanx and legion in a war between Macedonians and Romans ( 18.28 ) , but he would not present the war as a conflict between Macedonian monarchy and the Roman mixed constitution .
8 Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend .
9 Then she quashed the thought ; naturally he would pretend to be surprised , to have no idea of what she was getting at .
10 Well naturally he 'd want to keep a boy , and your ma 's husband would n't have been too keen to have him around . ’
11 Madeleine was his sole reason for wanting to return to England — although naturally he 'd love to see Alice if she happened to be in London .
12 Naturally he 'd like Giles to get married and produce an heir for his estate . ’
13 Before long he would find something better to do .
14 If a motorist was not making mental calculations all day long he would be forever banging into objects , people and other vehicles .
15 He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained .
16 Normally a knight expected to serve for about forty days a year at his own expense ; the terms of his service might also be restricted — when and where he served , and for how long he would stay after the forty days if the king paid him .
17 Before long he would react even more extremely , exclaiming bitterly , ‘ There really are no more unbelieving and hard-hearted people than clergymen , and ’ — taking a vicious sideswipe at his mother — ‘ especially clergyman 's wives . ’
18 All the scenes she made out of nothing were part of another , more insidious pleasure she was experiencing : she wanted to see how much punishment he would take , how long he would go on bowing his head .
19 Duncan wondered how long he would last in London or New York traffic .
20 When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " .
21 The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey .
22 He had no idea how long he would have to wait to marry her , but he was prepared to wait for the rest of his life .
23 Now , when there was a strict limit to how long he would have to talk to her , it was convenient — perhaps even imperative — to do so unimpeded by a third party .
24 But he did not know how long he would have to wait to do so .
25 Asked how long he would be away he said softly , " I do n't know . "
26 He seemed so weak that I wondered how long he would live .
27 Mr. Watson had then telephoned the same consultant in the same hospital and had asked how long he would have to wait to be seen privately .
28 I wonder how long he would last in the emasculated Audit Commission about which the Labour party has talked .
29 I wondered how long he 'd take to get used to it , to become , in other words , corrupt .
30 They laughed , wondering how long he 'd take to change his mind .
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