Example sentences of "way [conj] he would [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He can watch his Spanish league champions in the same dispassionate way that he would watch a Bulgarian second division match .
2 Richard indeed added that there was no way that he would go to Jerusalem unless his younger brother went with him .
3 I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to .
4 Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other .
5 ‘ He played his football in a calm , authoritative way and he would analyse a game in the same quiet , clear-cut manner .
6 He says a few inches either way and he would have been killed .
7 The Emperor had no particular difficulty putting a stop to this , though the Company was able to re-establish its position by blockading shipping in the Bay of Bengal and the Emperor forgave the Company in much the same way as he would have forgiven any of his nobles who tried to rebel but who was so powerful that it was neither convenient nor practicable to destroy him .
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