Example sentences of "[verb] she would [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child . |
| 2 | As Sheila watched him go , she knew that in spite of the hurtful words he had just spoken she would always have a soft spot for the man . |
| 3 | In three months , too , while she knew she would n't get a job that paid as well as the one she had now , she should have secured another job , should n't she ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it . |
| 5 | On the one hand she thought she would possibly enjoy a hour 's gardening when she came home from work and that it would help her unwind , but on the other hand her adult children and her husband would expect tea at 6 p.m . |
| 6 | One woman pointed to his madder lake trousers , said she would n't mind a pair like those . |
| 7 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 8 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 9 | She was late for her appointment , and parked her car on double yellow lines in a narrow lane , hoping she would not get a ticket . |
| 10 | You know , you would never believe it , until she got married she would n't say a boo . |