Example sentences of "[noun sg] that would [adv] [vb infin] he " in BNC.

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1 Once through the narrows , and having explored and discounted tempting-looking passages that turned out to go nowhere — Bahia Inútil : one can almost sense Magellan growling with irritation as he named this immense body of water useless — the Captain-General entered the narrow waterway that would eventually take him into the neighbour-ocean .
2 Covering fire kept his head down as somewhere flankers began their move that would finally pin him down .
3 In his hooded hand he felt a terrible clutching cramp that would not allow him to move his fingers .
4 She would have to go carefully , ask her questions in a way that would n't make him suspicious , maybe change the subject for now .
5 The first Kenyan African novelist was a man of anger , developing the marxist position that would eventually bring him detention without trial for a year , followed by exile .
6 Syd also makes an appearance at the end of the ‘ Saucerful ’ CD on ‘ Jugband Blues ’ , a last gulp of creative oxygen before surrendering to the madness that would eventually engulf him .
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