Example sentences of "of [vb base] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exercise would tire him — that always helped : he would seek out Joanna once more and that , too , would do something to unlock this pain of want which would rise up in him from nowhere , and beat against the walls of his mind until he thought he would never be able to bear it . |
| 2 | This is the sort of trick you 'd expect some tinpot holy man to play , trying to impress the credulously . |
| 3 | THEY were never really the sort of couple you would put together in a book . |
| 4 | Johnson referred , characteristically , to ‘ the sort of bounce you would expect from a Scotch egg landing in a bowl of porridge ’ . |
| 5 | Nor had the Liberals said clearly what sort of reform they would impose on the House of Lords , and the reform that was passed in 1911 left a serious constitutional problem . |
| 6 | Many of think he would do it if he was given half a chance . |
| 7 | Do you want it to be just a commercial success or do you see it as an opportunity to exhibit large or unusual works , or the sort of work you would like to do more of ? |