Example sentences of "he would [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge she had of him would armour her against belief . |
| 2 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 3 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 4 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 5 | He said well he used to go and he 'd sort of look up at it , and he 'd sort of think about how he was gon na put it in there he said then he 'd be going like this then he 'd sort of get hold of the other hand he said and he 'd put it in like that and these other old boys are going like this with full hands you know ? |
| 6 | He 'd sort of hang out , he 'd shower with his |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 10 | No , he would nay like the mustard either . |
| 11 | No doubt the table saw him , computed his path across the room , and placed itself just where he would trip over it ! |
| 12 | After this he would rail and curse at Richard Baxter 's door and would ‘ prophesy ’ judgments against Kidderminster in the market place . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He had Fallen , but he would Rise . |
| 15 | He owls weep , he would faint , he would rant , he would laugh moan or shriek-as thought the situation demanded . |
| 16 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 17 | He would trench the ground and dig in the cow dung which was kindly supplied by Mr Williams across the Meloch . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He would deck himself out in the kind of clothes that would give most offence to her were she alive . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But little by little he would piece it all together . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It was a red machine that he had painted blue ; and summertime mornings , early July , he would wheel on his quest . |
| 25 | Sometimes he would eye young women in the street , but they were always accompanied by maids or chaperones . |
| 26 | If only he would discipline himself to regular medication and give up smoking … ’ |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |