Example sentences of "[verb] [that] she would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply .
2 Because he believed that she would make it up , he knew she would , damn him .
3 As far as other firms facing financial difficulties are concerned , she says that she would advise them to consider IVA at an early stage .
4 Claudia had wanted more fittings and Dana had promised that she would fit them in , but time passed and the dress still hung , swathed in its wrappings , awaiting her pleasure .
5 On my last full day in her house , Mrs Knelle declared that she would drive me through the mountains of Joyce 's Country to the edge of Connemara .
6 She did not fear that she would lose it , because it was the world — her world , the reality that encased her .
7 Determined not to look at the brute of a man opposite , Fabia was in the act of deciding that she would ask him nothing in future — not even for a ride back to Mariánské Láznë , she 'd take a taxi sooner — when she was suddenly brought to an abrupt halt .
8 He sensed that she would take it black and sugarless and he was right .
9 He had pleaded with his mother not to make him go to school , but she had insisted , saying that she would pick him up at the end of the day and take him to the hospital , and that he was to ‘ keep busy ’ .
10 She was hurt that John had said nothing to her about it , and decided that she would avoid him in future .
11 Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky .
12 Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education .
13 Even before we 'd exchanged a word , I knew that she would let me do anything I wanted to her .
14 Confined to a prison , she knew that she would find it unbearable to hear the news from her former circle .
15 For a moment , he thought that she would hit him .
16 Oh , blow it , she thought a little crossly , and , getting absolutely nowhere with her argument , she resolved that she would ask him not one interview-type question for the remainder of the walk but that , once back at the house , she would ask him to honour his promise regarding that interview .
17 She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring .
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