Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he would [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently Alfonso came to visit Richard and agreed to stand surety for his friend 's behaviour , guaranteeing that he would do nothing against the will of the Duke of Aquitaine or his father . |
| 2 | She waited to see if he would explain anything about himself , but he simply sipped his cold beer in silence , idly watching a group of children playing see-saw with a plank of wood over a tree stump . |
| 3 | I mean no disrespect to the hon. Member for South Shields ( Dr. Clark ) , but , apart from his whinge against my right hon. Friend 's personal qualities , I did not detect that he would do anything fundamentally different were he in my right hon. Friend 's shoes . |
| 4 | Franco , however , had already shown clearly that he wanted total victory and now indicated that he would contemplate nothing short of unconditional surrender . |
| 5 | Nora and Mrs. Jarrett protested but he would have none of it : Everyone must come . |
| 6 | Generally he seems to have dealt with those who came to him with requests by saying that he would do something for them , and then repeating this promise whenever he had to , postponing action for as long as possible . |
| 7 | When the final draft was completed , shortly after midnight in his suite at the Imperial Hotel , it was made known that he would have nothing to say to markets on this occasion . |
| 8 | Some two years later , on completion of the social club , the magnate was asked if he would like something suitable inscribed over the portal . |
| 9 | She began to think of it as he , and wondered if he would make something of himself later on in life . |
| 10 | He wondered if he would find anyone to grieve for either father or son . |