Example sentences of "he would [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No ordinary man , he ; with a good education behind him , coupled with a strong religious fervour , he would eventually achieve a degree of fame by compiling a treatise on the botany of North America , called Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus . |
| 2 | If a motorist did enter , he would eventually get a bill . |
| 3 | If he discovered a new rule he would immediately seek a way of breaking it , and I had assumed that he would have some sympathy with those who flouted the laws against drugs , yet there was no denying the genuine anger in his voice when he talked of cocaine . |
| 4 | He added he would willingly forego a trip to the United States and play in the Jersey Open with the hope of collecting more Ryder Cup points . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm sure if King Stephen ever did have the Empress in his power he would not wave a sword in her face , ’ she declared severely . |
| 6 | Officials in Brussels claimed Mr MacSharry 's scope for bargaining was undermined by warnings from M Delors that he would not sanction a deal which penalised Europe 's farmers . |
| 7 | He would not want a nose like that . |
| 8 | He would not predict a growth figure for the full year , saying ‘ we never forecast future figures . ’ |
| 9 | Hafez al-Assad , the President of Syria and the long-term adversary of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein , quickly let it be known that he would not attend a summit in Baghdad , and the ensuing efforts of some Arab leaders to persuade Assad to attend were of little use . |
| 10 | In January , the day before a conference on chemical weapons opened in Paris , the Romanian leader announced publicly that he would not accept a ban on chemical weapons unless a universal ban on nuclear weapons was agreed at the same time . |
| 11 | He told us that he would not accept a treaty that was not in Britain 's interest . |
| 12 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |
| 13 | His grandmother said if it was a fact he would not get a grant she would finance him but that he should find out . |
| 14 | and until the end of his life he would not allow a word of criticism to be heard in his house . |
| 15 | Ultimately the UMP reached a deal with the VNUP which was believed to have involved a promise by Lini that he would not seek a post in the new Cabinet . |
| 16 | Within a couple of months Constanze was pregnant , and Mozart realized that he would soon have a family to support on what was still a precarious income . |
| 17 | If he were very lucky , he would also get a bonus : Coleby might provide him with evidence of murder . |
| 18 | When he turned to attack landscape he would either include a figure smudged on the periphery , dwindling in the distance , or portray anonymous couples or figures imprisoned by fences and obstructed by walls and trees . |
| 19 | he would n't stand a chance would he ? |
| 20 | Given his time again , he would n't change a thing . |
| 21 | But he would n't leave a message . ’ |
| 22 | He would n't miss a thing like that . ’ |
| 23 | He would n't do a thing like that ! |
| 24 | oh no they wo n't , in that case he 'd hold a fucking dinner and dance , he would n't hold a disco |
| 25 | ‘ He would n't hurt a fly . ’ |
| 26 | It seems as though he would n't hurt a fly , except there is an inkling that he could become nasty when he starts to throw fruit and vegetables at the cat , who is as suspicious of this ‘ foreigner ’ as the natives . |
| 27 | He would n't hurt a fly . |
| 28 | four to five pound a week on beer er but he would n't pay a pound a week , and he 's come , a pound a month |
| 29 | you ca n't tell , he would n't wear a shoe would he ? |
| 30 | He would n't sleep a wink . |