Example sentences of "[conj] she would [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a small child Eva was allowed to sit on a little stool next to the pianist at the Maryborough corps , where she would sing and clap during the meeting . |
| 2 | The child was observed through a one-way screen to see whether he or she would resist or give in to temptation ( i.e. pick up the more attractive , but forbidden , toy ) . |
| 3 | Kit thought that she would go and see her in that convent . |
| 4 | Then , having given this information to which Alice felt she was not entitled , Muriel said , with a look of irritated guilt because of Alice 's critical face , that she would go and see . |
| 5 | And suddenly she decided that she would go and call on Mr and Mrs Wormwood that very evening . |
| 6 | She did n't want to disappoint his hopes that she would integrate and enjoy being with his friends . |
| 7 | Out of the many false starts her life had made she felt they were witnessing this pure beginning that she would seize and make true . |
| 8 | They gave themselves to each other naturally , confident that she would take and hold as he would thrust and that she would give to let him thrust again — long and deep , longer and deeper , longer and deeper still — till both their hearts were thudding and each was lost in the act . |
| 9 | He hoped , I suppose , that she would come and ask him to forgive her . |
| 10 | Mrs Thatcher expressed confidence that she would win and declared again , as she had at the outset , that even if she did not win outright she would continue to a second ballot no matter how narrow the margin of her majority over Heseltine . |
| 11 | If the present set of essays exhibits independence of mind , this is no less than she would wish or expect . |
| 12 | There had been a snack-dispensing machine in the entrance to the stand , so she would go and buy some chocolate . |
| 13 | She leaned for support against the wing of the car , breathless and trembling , wondering if she would scream or vomit . |
| 14 | Breeze was on her way to Miss Martindale 's now , for the old lady had intercepted her in the lane the day before , to ask her if she would come and do two hours ' digging at tenpence an hour . |
| 15 | But she would refuse and say , ‘ But it 's Gabriel . |
| 16 | But she would write and tell him how fine the flower-beds were and how across the road the sea rushed into the golden shore and she would tell him how much she missed him . |