Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he came back she said she 'd go out herself tomorrow , and if he tried to stop her she 'd smash up all his crockery . |
| 2 | Matron tried to tell him he would need to feed the Bookman properly but the Headmaster did n't seem to care . |
| 3 | Yes , and erm , I 'm very sorry about it , er , because if they 'd breathalysed me I would have failed as well . |
| 4 | So it was er hell 's pells for three quarters of a mile nearly for your dinner and hell 's pells back and I guess time you 'd done it you 'd have worn it off anyway . |
| 5 | She 'd told him she 'd have to go back to work and he had laughingly agreed , making some quip about being escort to a star and hitting the gossip columns . |
| 6 | He 'd told her he 'd come to Dynmouth to help old Canon Flewett . |
| 7 | Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’ |
| 8 | Later on , whenever our friends on a visit happened to meet him they would ask : ‘ Is he really a vicar ? ’ |
| 9 | He told me that if the police started questioning me they 'd keep on and on until I said something I should n't . |
| 10 | If she agreed to marry him she would offer him what she could — affection , duty , loyalty — and he could decide whether it was enough . |
| 11 | They told their father that if he did marry her they would wash their hands of them . |
| 12 | Coalition , Baldwin told Chamberlain , ‘ must of course be stamped on ’ ; he went on to say ‘ that if R.M. did approach him he would reply that there was no occasion for a Coalition . |
| 13 | Well I did tell you it 'd make you cough . |
| 14 | If he did ask her she would become costive . |
| 15 | He had told her that if she continued to harass him he would call the police . |
| 16 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 17 | Keith said : ‘ If a wave had caught it it would have smashed the craft to pieces . |
| 18 | She had reminded him he would have to speak to a certain young man in the Blue Boar this evening . |
| 19 | This was her second-time marriage to Burton , and he had promised her he 'd give up drinking , but he had failed to keep his word , so she left . |
| 20 | Oh I used to say a half an hour and then when they ran to waken me I 'd say give me five more minutes and then another five minutes |
| 21 | She had told him she would try to come , and her non-appearance added to the depression caused by the theme . |
| 22 | ‘ Apparently Ainley had told them he would try to force-land on a beach just after they flew near some naval ships . |
| 23 | And she said , ‘ They said that her mother had told them you would marry . ’ |
| 24 | The local weather forecaster had told me we 'd get rain and we did . |
| 25 | Benjamin had told me he would return to Le Coq d'Or ; every morning and each evening I went there but no Benjamin . |
| 26 | David had told her they would pick her up in the minibus to save her driving her car all the way to the woods . |
| 27 | Camillo had told her she would run away , and come back . |
| 28 | He had told her she would have to be an outlaw because of her heritage . |
| 29 | If somebody had told her she 'd find herself in this same dubious position all over again , even one hour ago , she would have laughed right in their face . |
| 30 | As they had lain together in the glorious lethargy which followed passion , Vitor had told her he would go for the petrol , but that he would go alone . |