Example sentences of "that he would [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was possible for a person to be given a legacy on the understanding that he would manumit a slave . |
| 2 | I suppose he had forgotten that when Bill Jordan , president of the engineering workers ' union , asked him during the 1987 election campaign to announce then that he would hold a referendum on unilateralism after the election , he declined and replied that people would come round to it once they understood . |
| 3 | Lightheartedly , the Earl agreed and said that he would hold a Tournament . |
| 4 | Arran announced that he would prefer a Bill of this nature to be introduced in the Commons , but that he would keep his Bill going in the Lords until an MP could be found to sponsor an equivalent measure in the other House . |
| 5 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
| 6 | Gentle replied that he would make a Gauguin so fine the artist himself would have wept to see it . |
| 7 | On Feb. 18 JKLF commander-in-chief Javed Ahmed Mir announced that he would lead a column from the Indian side of the border to link up with the marchers from Azad Kashmir . |
| 8 | The Interior Minister , Gen. Victor Malca Villanueva announced on July 12 that he would present a proposal to the Congress on July 15 for the " total restructuring of the national police force " owing to " enormous corruption within its ranks " . |
| 9 | Later , Koffigoh appeared on national television , saying that he had surrendered to avoid further bloodshed and announcing that he would form a government of national unity . |
| 10 | He said that there would be no time for a statement on the valleys initiative during Question Time and that he would place a copy of his speech in the Commons Library . |
| 11 | Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that he would give a commitment on any terms less than those that we are prepared to give ? |
| 12 | Harold Wilson , the prime minister , had stated earlier in the day that he would give a television broadcast to the nation at 10.15 p.m. in the evening . |
| 13 | The Tanguts were northern enemies of the Han , and T'sao , the Han Chief of Staff , had pardoned a condemned man on the understanding that he would swallow a ball of wax , dress up as a monk and enter the kingdom of the Tanguts . |
| 14 | He flattered himself that he would discover a twin soul in the famous Rifleman . |
| 15 | The member of parliament saw in this ambition an opportunity to strengthen his own interest in the burgh by detaching the schoolmaster 's brother-in-law , the bailie , from the opposition party in the council , for the bailie was at that moment firmly attached to that faction by a promise from Dempster 's rival that he would procure a kirk for the bailie 's son . |
| 16 | Luckily he had some friends at the University and it was arranged that he would open a shop there and become ‘ Mathematical Instrument Maker to the University ’ . |
| 17 | Ebullient , and with a broad grin , Williams early sensed his own powers — at sixteen he told a friend that he would have a fellowship of the University of Wales , an 1851 exhibition , a D.Sc. , and an FRS by his middle thirties . |
| 18 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |
| 19 | The previous Secretary of State — the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , now chairman of the Conservative party — had promised two years ago that he would have a look at SSAs ; that promise , however , came to nothing , as has every other Government promise relating to local administration . |
| 20 | Semenov promised me that he would have a word at the highest level , with Yury Vladimirovich Andropov . |
| 21 | US officials say the Russians are trying to put pressure on President Bush to make last-minute concessions , knowing that he would like a summit to end his presidential term . |
| 22 | Labour 's apparent shift towards PR to woo the Liberals , Ashdown 's insistence that he would allow a government to function only if it gave way to PR , all seemed to point to a deal being hatched up behind the backs of the voters to secure power for the opposition parties . |
| 23 | He had been pathetically shy and awkward , and one particularly painful experience had sent him back to his lonely flat with the firm belief that he would die a bachelor . |
| 24 | After a warning from President Lech Walesa on July 3 that he would name a Cabinet himself if a majority government were not immediately forthcoming , eight political parties accelerated their negotiations and proposed Hanna Suchocka as Prime Minister . |
| 25 | He thought that he would catch a train up to London . |
| 26 | In her opinion , it was unlikely that he would get a place at Cedars at such a late stage in the year . |
| 27 | His mother came , but she did not take him away , and his Uncle Charlie told him that if he wrote another letter like that he would get a thrashing , so he stayed and coped . |
| 28 | No , there was no hope of her husband exploding with rage at the thought of leaving her and swearing that he would find a way to remain . |
| 29 | I told Sir Paul that he would find a booklet describing the church in the bookstand . |
| 30 | In a sermon he announced that he would call a synod of European bishops to consider steps to be taken in unifying Europe as a Christian continent . |