Example sentences of "he would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , as if he was trying to control it , he would exhale three times in succession , and the sound would be forced from his throat in rhythmic grunts : ‘ Aha aha aha ’ . |
| 2 | And again the riveter would be the th the charge of the squad , sort of thing , and he would divvie up the wages at the weekend . |
| 3 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 4 | No , he would nay like the mustard either . |
| 5 | No doubt the table saw him , computed his path across the room , and placed itself just where he would trip over it ! |
| 6 | After this he would rail and curse at Richard Baxter 's door and would ‘ prophesy ’ judgments against Kidderminster in the market place . |
| 7 | I would n't be able to live with myself for putting him through that , but then he would nicker to me and I could breath a sigh of relief . |
| 8 | He had Fallen , but he would Rise . |
| 9 | He owls weep , he would faint , he would rant , he would laugh moan or shriek-as thought the situation demanded . |
| 10 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 11 | He would trench the ground and dig in the cow dung which was kindly supplied by Mr Williams across the Meloch . |
| 12 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |
| 13 | He would deck himself out in the kind of clothes that would give most offence to her were she alive . |
| 14 | Though for one quite dreadful moment she wondered if , English not being his first language , he had meant that he would lunch with her that day , and not dine . |
| 15 | She was not particularly eager to share the information with Leif — though doubtless he would bombard her with searching questions , as he had done before — but she had made Vitor think that the two of them were close . |
| 16 | But little by little he would piece it all together . |
| 17 | The spokesman also claimed that if Mr Smyth was really interested in improving community relations he would re-route all Orange and Black parades away from the Lower Ormeau . |
| 18 | It was a red machine that he had painted blue ; and summertime mornings , early July , he would wheel on his quest . |
| 19 | Sometimes he would eye young women in the street , but they were always accompanied by maids or chaperones . |
| 20 | If only he would discipline himself to regular medication and give up smoking … ’ |
| 21 | He would glower at me over his jowls and tease with expressions like , ‘ Thinks she 's china and she 's pot-mould , ’ or , ‘ Thinks she 's a race-horse and she 's a pit-pony . ’ |
| 22 | This week 's case in point is the fumble-fisted fiasco over Norman Lamont 's Budget announcement that he would phase in VAT on domestic fuels . |
| 23 | He would closet himself with a bottle of port and a cigar or pipe , read the end of the previous instalment , and then write the next , drawing his fee when he handed over the text . |
| 24 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |
| 25 | Joe Clark , the Constitutional Affairs Minister announced , however , that he would table legislation within the next few months empowering the government , if necessary , to hold a national referendum on the final constitutional package , which would be the first to be held since that of 1942 on the issue of conscription . |
| 26 | He would rubbish it . ’ |
| 27 | On occasions like these , friends of Burton reported , he would counter-attack by releasing his temper , tearing up the room and making it quite clear and genuinely credible that whatever they did , said or tried on he would do just whatever he wanted . |
| 28 | Pete Waterman is making animated conversation at the bar After trying unsuccessfully to blackmail him with photographs of his dancing , we part company , wondering aloud if he would tart the programme up were Granada to come up with the big bucks . |
| 29 | He would hand it to the Colonel : given the motivation they could , by God , do things right . |
| 30 | One wonders if our worthy Bishop Russel were to see the sporting activities taking place today especially in the Holy weeks and time spent in the worship of television what punishments he would hand out . |