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 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | NICK FALDO knows that but for his Saturday stumble he would have waltzed away with the US PGA title yesterday here at Bellerive . |
| 5 | It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I know he would have liked to defend his title , ’ said Irish region PGA captain Hanna . |
| 13 | I know he would like me to send you his regards . |
| 14 | For instance , we assume he would satisfy our behavioural criteria for being someone who knows the meaning of the word bank . |
| 15 | But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man . |
| 16 | I believe he would love to do a deal . ’ |
| 17 | And I believe he would have too . |
| 18 | Most believe he would have played for Wales but for a serious knee injury in 1975 which put him out of rugby for two years . |
| 19 | ‘ I reckon he would have pined to death — that 's what happened to his father . |
| 20 | ‘ It is clear that when the section 8(6) procedure comes into operation it is for the police officer to make the decision whether the sample to be provided shall be a sample of blood or urine , but the police officer must convey to the defendant that the sample to be required may be of either blood or urine and must give the defendant an opportunity to consider which sample he would prefer to give if the choice were his and any reasons he has for that preference . |
| 21 | Independent political analyst Andrew MacMullen 's opinion : ‘ I doubt he would get any insurance cover on keeping his seat . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think he slipped , Mowbray would have been too careful , and I doubt he would have let someone push him off the parapet walk without a struggle . ’ |
| 23 | With any luck , the trust funds should be in his hands shortly after that date , at which point he would say goodbye to Britain for ever . |
| 24 | I mean he would fit into this er in a , in , in a superb way . |
| 25 | I , I mean it 's only by the good will of the police that we can get down there and that , , this is , this is my concern Mr Chairman , in , in theory what I would like , if there was a serious emergency , you 'd get a senior officer in here straight away , and I mean he would negate to the police , we have no authority over them , only cooperate with the police . |
| 26 | ‘ You mean he would have waited around … to help with the wreck ? |
| 27 | did n't understand the two years , I mean he would have told the regulator . |
| 28 | ‘ Think he would give me one if I mentioned him in my article ? ’ |
| 29 | I think he would treat us a little bit , o the way he treated Nicodemus and come in pretty quickly , and deal with the real issues . |
| 30 | Well I think he would 've , he was very fond of children you know . |