Example sentences of "[vb base] he would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ . |
| 2 | I expect he 'd rally round . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect he 'd gnash his teeth in impotent rage , ’ said Beuno . |
| 4 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 5 | While he is not a charismatic figure , his supporters say he would prove a worthy defender of the rights of backbenchers against increasing government power . |
| 6 | Do you know whether er did the wee boy say he 'd call back ? |
| 7 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 8 | NICK FALDO knows that but for his Saturday stumble he would have waltzed away with the US PGA title yesterday here at Bellerive . |
| 9 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 10 | Darwin if he read this book would scarcely recognize his own original theory in it , though I hope he would like the way I put it . |
| 11 | If he loses I hope he would accept it with equal good grace and if he wins I will be a good loser and help him out in the general election . ’ |
| 12 | I suspect he would have been rewarded by now had a private conversation of his on a car telephone not been picked up and leaked a couple of years ago . |
| 13 | I suspect he would have been making exactly the same speech but saying that the figures were suspect because they had been come from somewhere else . |
| 14 | Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time … |
| 15 | We 're not supposed to help each other in a business way , are we ? ’ — he pulled a face at her — ‘ But I know he would welcome me into his band . |
| 16 | I could have resisted him until we were married , and I know he would have waited , but it was me who did n't want to wait . |
| 17 | I know he would have liked to defend his title , ’ said Irish region PGA captain Hanna . |
| 18 | I know he would like me to send you his regards . |
| 19 | I know he 'd want me to say that to you . ’ |
| 20 | Crosby , who failed with a loan bid for a defender , said : ‘ It would be dangerous to concentrate on Marco too much , but we know he 'd love to score . ’ |
| 21 | Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , can I just give you er , Tony apologies , er , unfortunately he has to be in Paris today , I know he 'd prefer to be with you , but he has to be in Paris today , and since he 's good at delegation , he 's actually asked me to come along and and to talk to you . |
| 22 | you know he 'd go like that , yeah look at me I 'm , I 'm mature sort of thing . |
| 23 | If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money . |
| 24 | To well they used to call what they call them a labour man you know he 'd do any sort of work . |
| 25 | ‘ I know he 'd like to see you . ’ |
| 26 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 27 | So I said that if he , if he went with Rudy , I know he 'd have off and he just grins do n't you ? |
| 28 | For instance , we assume he would satisfy our behavioural criteria for being someone who knows the meaning of the word bank . |
| 29 | But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man . |
| 30 | I suppose he 'd feel entitled to use a woman 's body for this purpose as he would any other . |