Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 2 | With the easy grace and dignity associated with the old amateur tradition there was never any doubt that the job would come to him , and so gifted was he as a batsman that one somehow assumed he would slip easily into it once he had learned the ropes . |
| 3 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 4 | Democratic party chairman Ron Brown added : ‘ George Bush has already said he would do anything to win this election . |
| 5 | But Polybius would of course have had to jettison his pet idea of the mixed constitution , and generally speaking he would have had to admit that those Romans whose minds appeared so transparent to him were in fact much more mysterious creatures . |
| 6 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 7 | Observing what went on ; he soon decided he would like a bigger share of the action . |
| 8 | He had always said he would retire when he no longer enjoyed his racing and he no longer did . |
| 9 | And if he 'd any sense he would have guessed my reaction . |
| 10 | Somehow Walter always believed he would die first . |
| 11 | I always believed he would win . ’ |
| 12 | Sadly Mr McLean , who had always promised he would retire with a final Conservative win after his successful opening in 1951 , was to be proved wrong . |
| 13 | SIR Richard Attenborough , the chairman of Channel 4 , yesterday warned he would resign if the Government insisted on a right to veto appointments to the new body which will run the channel . |
| 14 | He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure . |
| 15 | It was precisely the sort of place where she had always imagined he would live . |
| 16 | ‘ I was disappointed when David left surgery ; I had always imagined he would follow in his father 's footsteps — but , as we know , circumstances decreed otherwise . ’ |
| 17 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 18 | I did , I always said he would go back in time . |
| 19 | In rare moments of leisure he liked to potter around the garden , and always said he would take up farming when he retired . |
| 20 | ITALY 's prime minister , Giuliano Amato , yesterday said he would call a vote of confidence as at least 26 more people were arrested in a corruption scandal that has forced a cabinet reshuffle . |
| 21 | ‘ It was always planned he would come back on the bus , but when the usual head count was made for the return journey we , of course , had the same number as when we started out — without Kenny . ’ |
| 22 | How alarmed you must have been to discover she was receiving secret messages from some mysterious adviser , who also promised he would arrange her escape from Godstowe ! |
| 23 | I honestly thought he would have forgotten the Marquis of Granby incident . |
| 24 | Gooch later said he would have batted , but England will have been pleased with the overcast conditions on the opening day , which gave way to sunny weather when England batted . |
| 25 | Er now whenever I 've me I honestly wish he would go under a sunlamp and melt ! |
| 26 | She also wished he would stop talking in riddles and make sense . |
| 27 | Not only did this geezer Kev Knowles agree to turn out for us , he also said he would look after the programme as long as he could incorporate a number of religious tracts . |
| 28 | However , he also suggested he would prefer to restrict the use of the concept of ‘ liminality ’ to those ritual periods in small-scale societies which all must pass through , and use the term ‘ liminoid ’ for those anti-structural periods personified by the ‘ counter-culture ’ of the 1960s ( 1978 : 287 ) . |
| 29 | He comforted himself with the fleeting thought that at least he had met Sir James Selkirk , who had found Alexander III 's corpse , and wryly concluded he would question him if the opportunity presented itself . |
| 30 | Did she really think he would stint his efforts just because his success would mean competition for her affections ? |