Example sentences of "he would [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd swear of course that he 'd never again steal me from my proper duties with the children .
2 He 'd roar with laughter , I suppose , and then ask me what was all this about ‘ little ’ , and we 'd get into some absurd argument about whether he was five feet two or five feet four , end up reviling and swearing at and abusing each other in utter good humour as we used to do often several times a week on the ‘ phone .
3 But he knew he 'd yearn for England sooner or later , and a yearning man could be cruel .
4 As for a version for the Sparc , Jobs said he 'd love to port to this chip but that Scott McNealy has said ‘ I 'd rather stick needles in my eyes than work with NeXT . ’
5 Cambodia 's Prime Minister , Hun San backed by the Soviet Union , said he 'd settle for elections if the U N organised them , which left just the Khmer Rouge blocking every avenue for peace .
6 He was very angry about the shooting and kept on shouting threats about what he 'd do to Lou Vecchi when he caught up with him .
7 I do n't know if chemically he 'd change from day to day or if his stars were n't right , or maybe that was the game that he played .
8 It 's tempting to wonder what he 'd make of wordsmiths all around re-writing his work ; mellowed out or gobsmacked ?
9 Erm John said he informed me he he 'd stand for Monk again and he I told him to write write a .
10 Given that he 'd stay under water in a seaway for at least some weeks , the face would be more or less unrecognisable even if he were washed ashore somewhere later on .
11 " I had a sort of fantasy he 'd go to Mrs Africa 's and I 'd go there after him and so would you and we 'd meet . "
12 Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ?
13 He had a horse and cart and he 'd go to Norwich and bring home all the parcels and that for all the tradesmen here in Bungay .
14 He 'd go to clubs at one in the morning .
15 surely he 'd go to hospital .
16 He 'd go to earth and stay there till dark .
17 He 'd go to football training , he was into physique , and he 'd have a couple of pints after , and at first he went out Fridays and Sundays .
18 He 'd go for months and then have six in a row .
19 Wally 's real name was Warwick Nightingale resident of Hemlock Road , East Acton He had a Rod Stewart haircut , feather cut and shaggy , and mostly he 'd dress in Granny Takes A Trip kind of clothes with maybe one thing added from Malcolm 's shop , a pair of creepers perhaps .
20 It was a downmarket job ; he 'd report on reactions to his attempts to change a $1000 bill , sit in a lion 's cage at the local zoo , or clean windows on the twenty-eighth floor of a skyscraper .
21 He explained to them what he meant by that , about how he 'd run into Mr Plant in the small hours , wearing only a shirt .
22 He 'd run in answer to the Light
23 He is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation , and you ca n't help wondering what sort of impact he would make if only he 'd agree to beef up the ranks of the RSC or the National Theatre .
24 He 'd put off Mallachy until nine o'clock , he said .
25 And there were times now , even amidst the hubbub of men , when the numbness reared its head again and made him think that eventually it would take over and he 'd descend into silence , cold unthinking silence .
26 If I told him what I suspect and why , do you think he 'd ask for proof ? ’
27 When the cards were , from the er , the workshop would come in which the lads had done their work , I mean , one of them , I know dear old Pete , in particular , he 'd write for crome , C R double O M , because that 's how he 'd say it .
28 There was no telling what reaction he 'd get from Channing , of course .
29 For that he had to guarantee that he 'd work on government farming projects for a minimum of two years .
30 Since joining INCUBUS it was the first time he 'd come across men who carried guns — outside the States .
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