Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would occasionally reward Thatcherite newspapers , such as the Express , with a gracious , unrevealing interview ; on television , Sir Robin Day and Brian Walden would flatter her by pretending to be tough , and she would flatter them by pretending they were . |
| 2 | I venture to write and enquire if you would oblige me by calling at this Officer , at some time convenient to yourself : I am not at liberty to offer any further information at this juncture , but I think I may say that our meeting will be to your advantage . |
| 3 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 4 | We should remember that it was ill the employers " interests to claim that it was not worth providing women with a long training because they would waste it by leaving early ; while it was in the trade union 's interest to claim that women were incompetent because they had only received a short training . |
| 5 | When he played tennis with his sister , he would infuriate her by wandering off the court to contemplate . |
| 6 | When I annoyed him he would punish me by economising on whatever it was we were doing at the time . |
| 7 | He would surprise everyone by getting a new speech right , but then show that it had been at the expense of other sections of dialogue . |
| 8 | He would obey it by consulting the computer for the information he has missed . |