Example sentences of "he would [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 2 | Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’ |
| 3 | I knew 'e would like you , because you are a wonderful girl , and 'e is a wonderful man . |
| 4 | Is it Friend ? thought Chesarynth , sure that something about him would give himself away . |
| 5 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |
| 6 | Although they had quarrelled so bitterly Mrs Gotobed had still loved Mr Evans , deep down in her heart , and the message she had asked Carrie to give him would show him this plain , . |
| 7 | ‘ Gazza 's daft but he 's not a nutcase — though the things being written about him would put anyone mental . |
| 8 | Those who spoke ill of him would find it difficult to continue such activity without a jaw to move , he considered , and made a mental note to put one of the Secte Rouge in charge of security . |
| 9 | Perhaps the time spent away from him would help her regain some control over the wild emotions roiling inside her . |
| 10 | I 'm absolutely sure that a chat with him would help you . |
| 11 | ‘ Quite understandably , Brian is concerned about the way things are going , but I 've got the utmost faith in him and resting him would gain nothing . ’ |
| 12 | And looking back on it , when you think about his own experience — he 'd been Home Secretary , Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary — I think most of his Cabinet colleagues who served under him would say he was a better prime minister than he was a secretary of state in either of these three roles . |
| 13 | The young Beatrice Webb was convinced of the importance of family life for women and during the 1880s desperately desired an intimate relationship with the leading politician , Joseph Chamberlain , yet she knew that to marry him would cut her off for ever from the purposeful life of work that she also wanted . |
| 14 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 15 | A stranger that was addressed by him would imagine he was talking to someone else , or if no other person was in the room , would stare about him , wondering what the fellow was talking to . |
| 16 | I paid off his debts , but unfortunately for you , he insisted that he 'd pay me back someday and left me with a considerable number of IOUs . |
| 17 | But he said he 'd pay me a fiver if I took the fish out for a bit of fresh air in the hope that it might drop off to sleep . |
| 18 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 19 | Anyway he says he 'd pay him the same money as what he 's on there , 'cos he 'd have to really , would n't just say , say |
| 20 | ‘ He 'd pay you well to release me . ’ |
| 21 | Now the boatmen they used to erm the name , the family of a name of , and the old man , the grandfather his name was and then they had three sons who were boatmen , one was called Arthur John , one had a nickname of Snowball , the other one 's name was George and they used to er , some of them at times used to row from the lock gates out to the Cork Lightship together to get a boat , so they made sure of roping that boat in at , at er in the dock or at Cliff Quay and course they used to get the captain of the ship to sign er a bill and they used to take that to the , to the shipping agent and then he 'd pay 'em the money . |
| 22 | And he 'll either you can either knock he 'll ei , you can either knock some money off , which he 'd accept whatev , mo most or he 'd pay your deposit for you . |
| 23 | He had said he 'd meet her here . |
| 24 | He 'd meet me from school — I was at drama school then . |
| 25 | ‘ A friend of mine who 's working in and around Florence said he 'd meet us in his jeep if he could make it , ’ David answered looking round . |
| 26 | ‘ He said he 'd meet us here , ’ said Elizabeth . |
| 27 | What time did he say he 'd meet you ? ’ |
| 28 | He 'd pull it down if they did . |
| 29 | He 'd mention something about when Bond was in the sewer or whatever it was meant to be , load of rubbish really . |
| 30 | She had told Dr. Saxby , and he 'd said he 'd mention it to Dr. Briant ; it could be she was having a bit too high a dose of the red capsules . |