Example sentences of "he would [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd rather finger Bach than Liszt . |
| 2 | He would generally lunch in one of the clubs to which he belonged ( by the end of his life , he was a member of the Athenaeum , the Garrick , and the Oxford and Cambridge ) although there were occasions when he would take guests to his favourite restaurant , L'Etoile , in Charlotte Street . |
| 3 | ‘ At table he would just glower at his food and refuse to talk . |
| 4 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 5 | He would certainly hand Oliver over to the police ; he had said he would tell the police about Alice and this was much , much worse . |