Example sentences of "she would [vb infin] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glass would prevent contact , and when the time ran out she 'd stand and draw the velvet curtain across to end the encounter . |
| 2 | Yes , well Bev was asking , I mean I was doing housework , oh , I was doing bits and pieces you know , and er getting me coat and all that and er she was asking questions and all that and Liz said I 'll pick you up at twenty past eleven , so Bev said alright then , so she come off the phone said she 'd go and have a look and apparently erm , it must of been yesterday if , if Liz is telling the truth she said to whoever are you going to do anything about this ? |
| 3 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 4 | She 'd cut and arrange the roses . |
| 5 | The bride might have been educated , might have travelled , might speak English well , but she would wear gold and henna , she would dress and look the part of an Al Ain bride . |
| 6 | Every stroke was applied with precision by the bitch of an SS officer , and after each stroke she would smile and run the whip lovingly through her fingers . |
| 7 | She just pleaded with me to let her stay with me till the baby was born and then she would try and gather the courage to tell her family . ’ |
| 8 | I mean I 've known wives er having bicycles ready in the , in the corridors of the house , where all the man had to do was to get his trousers on , if he was asleep in bed , she would come and open the front door , put him on his bike and away he went . |