Example sentences of "[noun] that would [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt that her heart would burst with the ache of love , and searched in her mind for words that would bind him to her and bring him back . |
| 2 | Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany . |
| 3 | ‘ If only they had n't scrapped the old grammar school , ’ muttered Dr Frome , and Pumfrey saw that he was beginning to erect in his mind a structure of excuses and evasions that would justify him to himself . |
| 4 | More , he lived in hope that one such mirror would find something behind his looks only another pair of eyes could see : some undiscovered self that would free him from being Gentle . |
| 5 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 6 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 7 | Isabel had scarcely felt the fiery rush of blood to her cheeks , the quick involuntary swelling of her flesh , before fitzAlan wrenched his hand away , transferring the reins from the other as if that was the only thing that would prevent him from touching her again . |
| 8 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 9 | Colin inspected the room looking for the clues , looking for the vital piece of information that would lead him to the same conclusion as Smith . |
| 10 | He had other information in his mind and on his lap , information that would guide him to Dungavel House . |
| 11 | Fifteen minutes later McKillop was in the street waiting for a bus that would take him to Westminster where he could get a connection down to Kennington . |
| 12 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 13 | The government insisted this was the reason he secretly contacted Castro to mediate a solution that would save him from the drug dealers ' retribution . |