Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [vb infin] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd knock her flat . ’ |
| 2 | I promised Fand I 'd bring her Undry , she thought ; but even Fand said she did n't think it would do any good … and there 's no point thinking about it because I just ca n't . |
| 3 | Sometimes I 'd bring her food and things . |
| 4 | I 'd love her job and her |
| 5 | I 'd recognise her voice , I think . |
| 6 | In the wind and rattle sounds I 'd hear her start to cry and put my arm around her and lift her chin and say something that would calm her . |
| 7 | I 'd have her home like a shot if the incontinence could be stopped … |
| 8 | You 'd think I 'd cut her foot off . |
| 9 | I 'd like her job . |
| 10 | I told her that I would do her large-animal work for her … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When I had the woman trussed up like you are , Ingrid , then I would inspect her sex . |
| 12 | I asked my parents if they would allow me to stay the night , saying that Valeria was alone in the house and I would keep her company . |
| 13 | I wrote to Mrs. X to inform her that I would take her case up with Ministers at the Ministry of Defence . |
| 14 | Yes , Dorothea thought , I would enjoy her company , she would take me out of myself , for she has never for one moment lost her grip upon life , her grasp of a situation , her confidence . |
| 15 | But then I would see her shopping in the area . |
| 16 | And if Fen thought he 'd done all the chasing there , she 'd eat her hat . |
| 17 | She always had the same reaction : she 'd gather her baby close and back away , her hand firmly encircling the little head , pulling it against her breast so he could n't face me . |
| 18 | She 'd stake her life — and her love for him — on that . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're not going to succumb , Bernard , ’ she would say if he made a move towards her , and she 'd toss her head back in a swift , moving , golden curtain . |
| 20 | And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive |
| 21 | Thanks to Charlie boy , they 'd been able to splash a bit on the wedding and Marilyn could have the white satin and the four bridesmaids she 'd set her heart on . |
| 22 | But Jude was not easily denied anything , especially when she 'd set her mind firmly on an objective ; and she was certain — despite Marlin 's protestations — that leaving Manhattan was the most sensible thing to do . |
| 23 | If she 'd set her mind on something she thought was right she would want it done immediately . |
| 24 | It would be the same for Rory — she 'd always known she 'd give her heart only once , and that was why she had n't played the love game with the same reckless abandon as so many of her contemporaries . |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't you try ironing those grease stains with brown paper , ’ she 'd advise her daughter , Gill . |
| 26 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 27 | But she 'd bite her tongue off sooner than ask him for any favours . |
| 28 | She 'd lick her finger and thumb , pounce calmly , then roll the flea for a few seconds to stun it before she cracked it between her thumb nails . |
| 29 | Anyway , I thought she 'd change her mind . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think she has the faintest idea what it would mean to marry a chap without private means , and if she did , I 'm afraid she 'd change her mind . ’ |