Example sentences of "[pron] would [vb infin] [Wh adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is of course possible that he was wrong in his initial assumption — which would explain why he never expanded his ‘ proof ’ in his notes — but we have to remember that the man was a mathematical genius . |
| 2 | Presumably he had used his wiles on the pretty blonde receptionist on duty to elicit this information , which would explain why he was here on the fifth-floor landing harassing her . |
| 3 | Robyn clutched the receiver and found she did n't have the first idea of what she would say when he answered it . |
| 4 | He liked to tell anyone who would listen where he was going and what he was doing , and so my mother found his silences ominously strange . |
| 5 | No one would know where he was . |
| 6 | Blagg 's touching faith that Maxim would save him from murder charges in two countries might at least mean that he would stay where he was and do nothing — for once . |
| 7 | ‘ Seen any good houses lately , Stu ? ’ he would ask when he saw him . |
| 8 | He bends branches apart , slips through under them , slides over the carpet of moss — in the depth of the night he would know where he was going . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that so ? ’ he would say when he had n't actually grasped a point ; or sometimes ‘ Quite . ’ |
| 10 | I had faith that he would remember where he belonged . ’ |