Example sentences of "would [vb infin] as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To test for this intention we would have to establish whether he would act as he did in situations where he had no reason to believe that he could thereby induce the false belief in question . |
| 2 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 3 | The event would conclude as it began with a handshake . |
| 4 | His remarks would recur as he shouted across the streets to the snobbish people of Chichester . |
| 5 | ‘ Excuse me ! ’ he would scream as he slashed at her throat , ‘ I am here ! |
| 6 | I must say I suddenly got pretty apprehensive about what my aunt and uncle would say as they listened to my stammering explanation . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , ’ he would say as they sat in one of those cafes with the plate glass windows looking out on to the beach and the sea , ‘ there 's a rocker over there . |
| 8 | Clouds of steam would rise as they scooped beneath the surface of the warm fermenting heap , and as they carried their loaded baskets through the frosty morning air . |
| 9 | ‘ Pwy sy'n fel ni ? ’ his father would ask as he squatted outside the Miner 's Arms on a summer 's evening , nicely , melancholy , drunk . |