Example sentences of "would [verb] [pn reflx] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hayley 's real father had turned up , demanding to take her home with him , and there were tears and tantrums from Hayley , who declared , as she frequently did , that she 'd throw herself out of the window . |
| 2 | On Fridays and other fast-days he would lock himself up in the church for many hours . |
| 3 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 4 | If one had a particle with an energy above what is called the Planck energy , ten million million million GeV ( 1 followed by nineteen zeros ) , its mass would be so concentrated that it would cut itself off from the rest of the universe and form a little black hole . |
| 5 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
| 6 | If someone touched him from behind on a crowded Saturday night he would push himself back onto the anonymous hand , just like a cat would , without turning round to see who it was . |