Example sentences of "[conj] he would [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he would n't wilfully bar anyone from the F&W love-in , Paul is as aware as any band member or gig-goer of the forces stacked against his musical vision … |
| 2 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 3 | Varela and Galarza were dismissed ; the leader of the Falangist agitators was tried by court martial and shot ; and Serrano Suñer was told that he would no longer occupy the post of Foreign Minister . |
| 4 | Lloyd George made a stand on the issue of a plebiscite for Upper Silesia , saying that he would no more give the place to the Poles than he would give a clock to a monkey . |
| 5 | He found that it opened a window on the City that he would otherwise never have had . |
| 6 | B's reply would be taken to mean that he would not completely agree with what A said , and A would probably expect B to go on to explain why he was reluctant to agree . |
| 7 | The fall-rise in B's reply again indicates that he would not completely agree with A. Fall-rise in such contexts almost always indicates both something ‘ given ’ or ‘ conceded ’ and at the same time some ‘ reservation ’ or ‘ hesitation ’ . |
| 8 | He was too close for her to say a word to Mitch but she knew without doubt that he was going to turn on them as soon as the door to his suite was closed and say that he would not even consider having anyone like her in his home or even near it . |
| 9 | I told Harold that I did not approve of the appointment , but for reasons that he would not greatly appreciate . |
| 10 | The president of Nomura , Setsuya Tabuchi — who resigned his position on July 22 — declared that he would not publicly disclose the names of such clients , a stance endorsed by his counterparts in the other securities houses . |
| 11 | She thought she had given him a very tricky word , one that he would n't yet have learned , and she was peeved that he had succeeded . |
| 12 | When I spoke to Mrs. Olinton she said that Mr. Olinton was so set against Scouts and Guides that he would n't even let his own daughter , Jessica , join Brownies , although she wanted to . ’ |
| 13 | The photographer only had the opportunity to do it because it was a benefit and he had access to the models that he would n't normally have . |
| 14 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |
| 15 | While Richard was fuming away , his mother calmly informed him that he would probably only understand when he had children of his own . |
| 16 | She looked up quickly , doing nothing to disguise her surprise at the fact that he would only apparently be at OBEX on a part-time basis . |
| 17 | Until he knew deep in his belly that he would only ever excel and humble that damnable ‘ brother ’ of his by making himself into a devotee of Lexandro 's existence , akin to a cultist , a protector and preserver of d'Arquebus in his ostentatious recklessness . |
| 18 | For example , he says that he would very much like to record the Berg Violin Concerto ( ‘ another piece that 's difficult to programme ’ ) , but the trouble is finding a coupling that will bring the disc up to a respectable length . |
| 19 | John of Reading reported that in September 1359 , after hearing mass in St Stephen 's Chapel , the king said that he would much rather be buried where the Confessor , Henri III and Edward I lay than at Cologne . |
| 20 | But suppose that the creditor accepts the debtor 's old car in satisfaction of a debt of £2,000 , protesting that he would much rather have the cash and eventually taking the car only because there seems to be no hope of anything better . |
| 21 | She had to admit that he would almost certainly not see the situation as an unmitigated disaster . |
| 22 | Equally , from the tenant 's point of view the interest granted him under a tenancy at will is so precarious that he would almost always be better off with a fixed term to which the 1954 Act did not apply . |
| 23 | David hoped silently that he would live so long . |
| 24 | He also realized that it would be chaste , that he would never physically consummate this love and that was fine . |
| 25 | In the Old Testament , after the Great Flood , we 're told that God sent his rainbow as a sign of his agreement or covenant , that he would never again attempt to destroy the peoples of the world . |
| 26 | It was more than Phil could bear to think that he would never again be there to make Christmas sparkle for her . |
| 27 | Alexander 's disappointment was indescribable ; he now thought that he would never again be able to have more than temporary relief . |
| 28 | For several days after his death she had lain in the sagging double bed with a bolster by her side to stop her rolling into the hollow created by Nahum 's bulk , unaware that he would never again make the springs protest at his weight . |
| 29 | He had hung the battered sword over the spice cupboard in Lucille 's kitchen , and had claimed to be glad that he would never again have to draw the war-dulled blade from its metal scabbard . |
| 30 | — God 's promises to Noah that he would never again send a flood upon the earth ( Genesis 9:9 ) . |