Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pron] would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In winter when she entertained she would send him outside to chop more wood for their open fire . |
| 2 | When he looked away , she realised she would lose him for ever . |
| 3 | Although she bet she would like him . |
| 4 | And she would provide a substitute for the two weeks she reckoned it would take her , an English maid called Phoebe Crabbe with whom she had become friendly . |
| 5 | She determined she would show him how generous she could be , next time , how to her the priests ' talk was cant , and she 'd defy all for love of him . |
| 6 | She decided she would teach them a lesson . |
| 7 | She knew she would probably have to say something sooner or later , but she decided she would put it off as long as she possibly could . |
| 8 | She decided she would say it , noticed how her body rearranged itself for the tone that would come . |
| 9 | But even if Fen had gone ten miles , she swore she would find him . |
| 10 | In the end she saw the giant fish-hooks come down down into her and she thought they would haul her out of the depths , but they did not . |
| 11 | When Helen told Price Waterhouse that this was what she wanted to do , she thought they would say it was all or nothing and tell her to pack her bags . |
| 12 | She thought it would do you good to be taught belief . ’ |
| 13 | Arabel was once quoted as being terrified by a performance of Tchaikovsky 's Pathétique Symphony in Berlin so intense that she thought it would kill you . |
| 14 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
| 15 | His face had been hidden in the darkness , yet she thought she would recognise him if they met again . |
| 16 | Dane gripped her by the shoulders then , and she thought he would shake her . |
| 17 | The hand under hers clenched on the settee cushion , his face went red , and his eyes flashed such vindictive rage for a moment that she thought he would hit her , then he controlled himself , sitting silently by her on the settee , until she felt his hand gradually relax . |
| 18 | Pity for Alain 's mother had driven her to this gesture and she knew she would regret it . |
| 19 | She knew she would regret it later , but the urge to get one up on him just once was far too strong to resist . |
| 20 | If she had let this chance slip , she knew she would regret it for the rest of her life . |
| 21 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
| 22 | Also , she was now trapped here until he decided to come and fetch her , and she knew she would miss him daily . |
| 23 | She knew it would keep him away from home even more than usual , and wondered what Elaine thought about that . |
| 24 | That 's probably why she sent him — she knew it would cut him to the quick . |
| 25 | She would have told Jacob about her new purpose , but she knew he would see it as another sign of her raving , a sign of some new imbalance , and would try to search for causes , try to talk her out of it . |
| 26 | She knew he would kiss her and her whole body was waiting for it , every nerve-end coiled in fierce anticipation as his free hand slid round to the back of her head , holding her there , as he looked down into her face . |
| 27 | For one awful moment she feared he would strike her ; instead he looked down at her , his contempt far more painful than a blow . |
| 28 | Another woman , who had been summarily sacked for challenging a supervisor who was cheating fellow workers , joined the union when she learned it would help her get back pay and holiday pay . |
| 29 | She wanted to tell him that she had n't meant a word she had said , but if she did he would think she was hoping he was the rich man she had talked about . |
| 30 | She wished he would understand she wanted him to go but Shildon sat there while she dialled and then he went into the garden . |