Example sentences of "she would [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm so she said , she 'd rather just have fifteen or sixteen of us and just do an hour cos we 'd learn a lot more which is very true . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess they just want other sorts of women in their movies in Hollywood , ’ she shrugs , saying she 'd rather now have no offers at all than be asked to play the kind of ‘ one-note , bitchy character ’ that has since come her way . |
| 3 | Pistol in hand , she paused just long enough for the others to catch up , and handed the goggles to Benny , deciding she 'd probably better play it safe and not risk letting any of the inhabitants of 1915 get an idea of how they worked . |
| 4 | A man she 'd probably never see again . |
| 5 | Eventually Adam would disappear from her life , and she 'd probably never see him again , certainly would never have to fight with him again . |
| 6 | She 'd most likely think it was because he did n't want to help her . |
| 7 | Nor did Gillian , who talked just as if she 'd only just run to the signpost and back . |
| 8 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 9 | Given the choice , she 'd really rather have had an assignment in Outer Mongolia or possibly Timbuktu — maybe by putting a few thousand miles between herself and Dane she 'd manage to get him out of her mind . |
| 10 | She 'd far rather have enjoyed the company of her contemporaries and , in fact , Colonel Goreng did n't forbid her consorting with them . |
| 11 | A control freak might be interesting to play around with , he was thinking , especially in his weakened condition — get her so far along , and then she 'd almost certainly want to do all the work . |
| 12 | She knew herself well enough to know that if he challenged her account in the latter mode she 'd almost certainly lose her temper with him , and then the atmosphere between them , which had been ( with the exception of his overtures ) so easy and undemanding , would be spoiled . |
| 13 | Maybe she 's a control freak , he was thinking , getting into an unreasonable flap just because she might have taken something that could unclench her a little ; but then if he 'd kept his mouth shut , she 'd never even have known . |
| 14 | She was already counting the minutes until she 'd march out the front door of the Palazzo Sabatini , secure in the knowledge that she 'd never again have to see that self-satisfied , patrician face . |
| 15 | But it seemed even that could do little more than dull the edges of the pain , and , when she woke up one morning with a painful hangover and realised the ache in her heart was just as strong as it had ever been , she swore she 'd never again attempt to deal with her sorrows that way . |
| 16 | She 'd never willingly become prey for anyone . |
| 17 | If there was a boat to rock , she 'd bloody well rock it . |
| 18 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 19 | She 'd as soon trust a rattlesnake when he looked at her that way ! |
| 20 | She would just about do , although she wished she had been able to wear high heels . |
| 21 | If she strode out she would just about do it ; her office was only across the road and down the side-street . |
| 22 | She walked down Chestnut Drive , and as she picked a leaf off a privet hedge here , and ran her hand along a row of railings there , she thought that it was not so bad after all , and that she would tell them about it : they always said , when accused of indifference , that they were interested , so she would jolly well try to make them show a bit of their interest . |
| 23 | Though that was n't entirely true , for Maud would , and she would probably even bring it off . |
| 24 | In a way she was almost learning to feel quite at home with them , though there was still a sense of wariness she would probably never conquer . |
| 25 | Well , he was gone now and she would probably never see him again . |
| 26 | She thought she would probably always wake before him , and lie quiet for a while , just being happy . |
| 27 | Gennaro asked Elisa if she would please just wait a little longer . |
| 28 | And her dislike of the insincere ran so deep that she would rather publicly disclaim all grief for her dead husband than be accused of insincerity . |
| 29 | Faced with this pressure Aquino met with supporters in the Senate and with Cabinet officials on Sept. 23 and announced that she would no longer press for a referendum , although she would not prevent others from doing so . |
| 30 | She had n't made love with him , but for him the battle had already been won , and she would no longer present a challenge . |