Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I would hold her lightly by the finger-tips and try to steer the conversation to matters of the heart , but she would blush and her beautiful eyes look down . |
| 2 | Parting from Mala would be painful , and I would miss her . |
| 3 | So I would give her Penelope , she 's one of the moss , er it 's pink , it 's er repeat flowering , it flowers all season which some of the others do n't and a yellow one Graham Thomas I think would be my other choice . |
| 4 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 5 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 6 | No , she shall go , but if I knew a lady of birth such as her in person and mind , I would marry her tomorrow . |
| 7 | This morning rang up my sister and said I would visit her tomorrow . |
| 8 | I put on my shoes and jacket which I had been asked to take off and told the doctor I would visit her another time . |
| 9 | Bill and I would watch her sometimes , bemused by the eternal conundrum of women — grey hair straggling from its bun , a tweed skirt , stout shoes , rubber gloves , a rubber mat , oblivious to the way she looked , her mind fully on the job . |
| 10 | ‘ I would make her a long , single-breasted jacket with a nipped-in waist , long sleeves and a stand-up mandarin collar to keep out the cold . |
| 11 | I debated whether to call on him to kill him for his slanders before I came here to try to see her , and ask her to have me back — if you think I would make her a suitable husband , that is . |
| 12 | As she silently squirms , I would swear her purpling head is expanding ; dumbly , her eyes seem to bugle the pressure within . |
| 13 | Eventually she moved down the hill to live in more conventional quarters , and I would meet her sometimes , she dressed , as usual , in her cloak . |
| 14 | After some thought he said ; ‘ Well , I have a daughter your age , and if she were to come to me with the same question I would advise her to terminate . ’ |
| 15 | I would cherish her like an old man who 's caught a barmaid . |
| 16 | And my aunt said , Well I would prefer her to if that 's what she wants to do and she 's gon na learn something that might be a benefit to her later on in life . |
| 17 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 18 | I phoned the kennel owner to inform her that British Rail insisted the dog wear a muzzle and that I would pay her back if she 'd buy one . |
| 19 | ‘ After classes I would buy her a drink and have a little chat about things . |
| 20 | But my mother 's image of my future had to be challenged : I was not to marry ; I would be her companion at all times in a perfect mother and daughter symbiosis ; with my teacher 's salary I would buy her a fridge and a washing machine and take care of her . |
| 21 | I would follow her around the house , clinging on to her skirt , unwilling to let her out of my sight , and demanding to be fed with some small token such as an apple or a piece of bread . |
| 22 | When I did find her , she always managed to evade me like a will-o'-the-wisp , and then I would lose her again . |
| 23 | ‘ I would release her but it 's important to keep her happy , although I 'm sorry it 's turned out like this . ’ |
| 24 | Her pleading frail voice went straight to my heart every time , and quite often I would crack her more than a few eggs to make up the dozen . |
| 25 | As I am unmarried , with no children , and fairly wealthy , I would like her to come to Madeira to live with me , and to inherit all my property when I die . |
| 26 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 27 | Occasionally I would take her into the lounge and Mum would have to keep back and hold a handkerchief over her nose and mouth so that she could n't smell the feathers . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I have n't got a grandmother but if I had one I would shoot her in the foot if it meant getting three points . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes , unawares , I would see her again suddenly revealed in the vaulting halls of my head . |
| 30 | Last term , all through the Coronation festivities , all through the exams , I longed for the holidays when I would see her . |