Example sentences of "would [vb infin] and [verb] her " in BNC.
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1 | I said we 'd go and watch her . ’ |
2 | Otherwise I 'd go and get her , would n't I ? ’ |
3 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
4 | I 'd skirt around the light cast from the windows and sometimes I 'd sit and watch her to see if she would do anything interesting . |
5 | M. Grimaud said that would be very pleasant for her : he would deliver and collect her , and visit his cousin on the domaine . |
6 | She remembered the smell as he tipped out the bag of manure he got from Tandy 's every now and then , and the way she would hold her nose and shout ‘ Pooh ! ’ , and he would laugh and call her Miss Dainty Socks . |
7 | He would baffle and intrigue her , just as he had done Cassie on their first meeting ; and Cassie could think of no way in which she could explain him away . |
8 | She hoped that he would stop and kiss her , but he did n't . |
9 | If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ? |
10 | Dorothy would leave and abandon her at the very idea . |
11 | He would go and give her his answer right away . |
12 | He would go and find her if the officer would step into the hall . |
13 | Kit thought that she would go and see her in that convent . |
14 | The young nurses were very kind and would kiss and cuddle her . |
15 | In fact , looking back , I ca n't think of anyone who ever understood her , except you , and I wish you would come and see her and take her out of herself . |
16 | She tried reading him Wordsworth and Tennyson and Browning but he would sigh and interrupt her when she did , so she went back to the lighter Kipling poems and he would lie and grin happily to himself and make her read his favourite passages over and over again . |
17 | He treated her as if he would love and defend her under any circumstances . |
18 | He would sit and hold her , rocking her gently to and fro as if she was a child whilst she , muttering gibberish , rubbed salt into his wound by believing he was the nobleman come back to claim her . |
19 | It would intrigue and challenge her . |