Example sentences of "you would [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you would hunt him to the end , God helping me I 'll hunt you , and see you into your grave before ever you lay hand on his . ’ |
| 2 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 3 | It is not unknown for a salesman to describe the product in glowing terms and you would expect him to highlight the best features . |
| 4 | ‘ And you would make him a good wife . ’ |
| 5 | You would think he was a gypsy until you looked closer at his blue eyes and the dusting of freckles over his apple-blossom cheeks . |
| 6 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 7 | ‘ From the expression on Rik 's face , you would think he 'd been doing this sort of stuff all his life , ’ Gerald says . |
| 8 | Ask a dozen American curators about Earl A. Powell III , the new Director of the National Gallery , Washington , and you get more or less the same general response : ‘ If you were having lunch with Rusty ( his nickname that everyone uses ) and did n't know what he did for a living , you would think he was either an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , a General Manager of General Motors , or a football coach . |
| 9 | TO READ PETER HOUNAM 's letter , you would think he had had little enough to do with Michael Murrin . |
| 10 | You would think he 'd never had one before . |
| 11 | You would think he had better things to do with his time . |
| 12 | Once , you would think he , she would n't have seen it or she would n't have |
| 13 | If you would represent him we could it section six two . |
| 14 | You would wake him up at six in the morning and say : ‘ Right Sir we are going here ’ and off we would go . ’ |
| 15 | For weeks it would go on like this and then suddenly one day you would notice him just lying in the sun instead of studying his map , or reading a novel instead of his German grammar . |
| 16 | Well depending on the situation er you would ask him how he did came to be client . |
| 17 | Mikhail Vologsky … you would know him , of course ? |
| 18 | You know like , you would know he 's a bit fruity like the way he talks |
| 19 | A man 's appetites are half the man , and must be known if you would understand him . ’ |
| 20 | And you did tell old Grandfather Freitas that you would see him again about his chest . |
| 21 | He therefore earnestly begs of me that since you deservedly have the nomination of an Gardner to the Chelsea Garden , which I understand is now vacant , that I would address you in his behalf that at least you would accept of him as an Candidate if there are other competitors and , if found sufficiently qualifyd you would propose him accordingly as you shall find he deserves . |
| 22 | He would watch the notices in the papers , and when someone died and the widow was left alone , he would go there and think up some sort of lie — he lied always , as a boy , even when there was no need , and he looked so clean and innocent that if you did not know him you would believe him , every time . |
| 23 | EP : That 's where you would like him to go ? |
| 24 | I think you would like him very much . |
| 25 | I did n't tell you about this monster because I was afraid you would kill him and I thought I could handle the matter . |