Example sentences of "or [adv] he would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would solve his problem nicely , or so he would have thought . ’ |
| 2 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 3 | When the brilliant wedding procession passed through the field of Kossovo and by the castle of the Voinovitchs , the king 's two nephews said sadly to one another , " Our uncle must be angry with us , or surely he would have invited us to go with him ? |
| 4 | We do n't know how Beethoven conducted his music or how he would have conducted if he had been able to hear everything that was going on , but we know from Brahms 's letters that he allowed himself sometimes great flexibility . |
| 5 | ‘ Soon or late he would have gone , ’ said Gilleis . |
| 6 | I had to do it in self-defence , or else he would have killed me . |