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 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 5 | No , he would nay like the mustard either . |
| 6 | No doubt the table saw him , computed his path across the room , and placed itself just where he would trip over it ! |
| 7 | After this he would rail and curse at Richard Baxter 's door and would ‘ prophesy ’ judgments against Kidderminster in the market place . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He had Fallen , but he would Rise . |
| 10 | He owls weep , he would faint , he would rant , he would laugh moan or shriek-as thought the situation demanded . |
| 11 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 12 | He would trench the ground and dig in the cow dung which was kindly supplied by Mr Williams across the Meloch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He would deck himself out in the kind of clothes that would give most offence to her were she alive . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But little by little he would piece it all together . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was a red machine that he had painted blue ; and summertime mornings , early July , he would wheel on his quest . |
| 20 | Sometimes he would eye young women in the street , but they were always accompanied by maids or chaperones . |
| 21 | If only he would discipline himself to regular medication and give up smoking … ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But to a passing journalist he would free-associate in a way which would have held Freud entranced . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He would rubbish it . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He would hand it to the Colonel : given the motivation they could , by God , do things right . |