Example sentences of "[conj] he would [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | King Edward bent to pick it up amid suggestive laughter , declaring ‘ shame on him who thinks evil of it ’ , and prophesying that he would make it the most sought-after badge of honour in Britain . |
| 2 | My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out ! |
| 3 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 4 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
| 5 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 6 | I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance . |
| 7 | Fred 's voice was sharp with suspicion , and Fran knew that he would give her no peace unless she explained . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh ? ’ she questioned carefully , while her brain was rattling off the clamouring question — was he saying that he would give her a lift ? |
| 9 | ‘ He also said he was going to try and get a bicycle , and that he would give us a ride on the handlebars . ’ |
| 10 | However , I was immediately transferred to Glynn , a technical guy who took my fax number with the promise that he would send me a drawing that morning of the necessary mods . |
| 11 | When those arrested threatened the lord mayor that they would inform the King how they were dealt with , he defiantly replied that he would save them the trouble and do it himself . |
| 12 | I was afraid that he would say what a pair |
| 13 | At another time , He told her that she had conceived again , and when she , fearful that this would interrupt her ‘ contemplation ’ , asked how she should look after the child , Christ replied casually that he would find it a keeper . |
| 14 | And he would show me a picture of a large white vessel sailing through a beautifully blue sea on a sunny day , with a glamorous crew smiling happily as they lay gracefully about the deck . |
| 15 | But you see , you , you see , you could , you could have your goods then you 'll be paying on the slip and he would give you a slip you see . |
| 16 | They would walk in the dusk by the water , listening to the lapping of the tide against the boats , and there would be someone there , perhaps , whom she would understand , appeal to more than his usual friends , for she could do things like deal with electricity and mend things , and she had not always lived in England , that was interesting , and she did not just giggle and think about clothes , and he would find her a relief to talk to , this rather exceptional , different person , someone with imagination . |
| 17 | I 'd take a smack along there and he 'd give me a cinnamon cake . |
| 18 | I met him two or three years later when I asked if he would make me a dress for the March of Dimes , using some peony pink silk that Winston brought back from China . |
| 19 | Tilda , who had been vexed at missing the actual shipwreck , went straight down to Willis 's cabin to ask him if he would draw her a picture of it . |
| 20 | Her eyes followed him as he unpacked the bike , and she wondered if he was just going to take it for granted that she would sleep with him of if he would offer her the choice . |
| 21 | Should she tell him yes , he had made her pregnant , and see if he would give her a guinea or two to put it right ? |
| 22 | ‘ But a few weeks later I rang Eddie 's house to see if he would give me a lift to work and Paula answered the phone . ’ |
| 23 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 24 | She could tell her mother she had begun a novena to the Madonna of the Spasm in the Cathedral ; she might come across Tommaso then , somewhere in town , in the square , by the bocce game , and ask him if he would get her an ice cream too . |
| 25 | Dolly tried to say it would be nice if he 'd give her the chance to tell him what she liked , but he was away again . |
| 26 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 27 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 28 | But he would deny her the simple comfort of being a presence in the apartment , she reflected savagely . |
| 29 | Many of us try to improve our other halves from time to time — perhaps you wish he were tidier while he would prefer you a little slimmer . |
| 30 | It had n't grown much since he 'd cut it a week ago , but he wanted the lawns to have a shaved appearance for the Easter Fete . |