Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 2 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |
| 3 | The man was a fool … did he think it would do his reputation any good to appear in weak productions ? |
| 4 | Did he think she would put his affair with Rebecca in jeopardy ? |
| 5 | Celia had told him about the Journal , and he realized she would prefer him to turn it down . |
| 6 | And , as Tweed had predicted to Paula in a similar context , he expected it would take him months to unravel the affairs of the world-wide octopus , INCUBUS . |
| 7 | When one quiet weekend this February Mr Grosz left the country on a short trip to Switzerland , little did he know what would await him on his return . |
| 8 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 9 | ‘ He says it would ruin my case . |
| 10 | He says it would take him years to get the house the way he 'd like it . |
| 11 | He says it would turn his outdoor classroom into a museum . |
| 12 | ‘ Dad used to threaten that if he misbehaved he would put our heads in the sink and turn the tap on , but he never did , ’ she says . |
| 13 | No doubt M. Chaillot agreed to my demand only because he imagined I would regard his acceptance of it as an incentive to call again . |
| 14 | He reckoned it would make you more … susceptible . ’ |
| 15 | He reckoned it would take him where he wanted to go — at least for a few weeks . |
| 16 | That way he reckoned he would hear anyone descending the iron stairs . |
| 17 | He thought he would come to no harm both because people needed his services as a medical man and because he thought they would regard him as nothing more than a political eccentric . |
| 18 | Mr Ralph had taken his children to the Disney resort in Florida because he thought they would enjoy it , but he had fallen in love with Mickey Mouse himself . |
| 19 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |
| 20 | He thought it would give it a bit of glamour . |
| 21 | He thought it would do me good . |
| 22 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 23 | He thought she would marry him when her husband died . |
| 24 | And then , because he thought she would like it , ‘ I 'm sorry , Ma . ’ |
| 25 | She must judge , too ; he thought she would trust him and let him have his way . |
| 26 | He thought he would do me a service by telling me that the Ice Princess who had caught my eye was right here , in Roma . ’ |
| 27 | He thought he would remind him too much of his mother . ’ |
| 28 | Earlier in the story Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw ahead of him the place where he thought he would kill his son . |
| 29 | At first he gave the somewhat fatuous explanation that he thought he would find it easier to ride his bicycle without his testicle ( the other testicle was small due to atrophy ) . |
| 30 | He thought he would ask his mother . |