Example sentences of "what he 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should the boy be not what he 'd expect ? |
| 2 | Joel Swanson did not understand , nor did he ever expect to understand , exactly what was going on , but the kind of activity he seemed to be hearing about , in snatches only , was more or less exactly what he 'd expect from his wife 's relatives . |
| 3 | There was no knowing what he 'd do with it . |
| 4 | That 's what he 'd do , clear his room . |
| 5 | He would bring Ma to the fête , that 's what he 'd do . |
| 6 | I once asked a 14 year old who had the word SKIN tattooed across his forehead what he 'd do if he ever lost the faith : — ‘ Cut me 'ead off ’ , he said grinning , ‘ Or maybe grow a fringe ’ . |
| 7 | If it was n't for Winnie — so understanding , knowing that he 'd been tricked , snared in this vile trap — he knew not what he 'd do . |
| 8 | Trouble is , I do n't know what he 'd do - " He broke off suddenly and turned his head away , whispering , " My father , my father , my father … " in a way so bitter and desperate that she turned to him and held him ; and although they had already stayed far longer than on previous nights , she had a sudden foreboding of events , so that she needed to love him again , now ; and a little while later , without thinking of the danger , she cried out with the joy of him : a single shriek in the night that echoed in the trees below the house and was followed by a strange , almost tangible silence . |
| 9 | He was very angry about the shooting and kept on shouting threats about what he 'd do to Lou Vecchi when he caught up with him . |
| 10 | ‘ I keep wondering what he 'd do if I wandered up to the edge of the pit and leaned over and yelled , ‘ Oi , you down there . |
| 11 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 12 | We even sent an invitation to Michael Swinton as a joke just to see what he 'd do , but it was hopelessly disappointing , he simply pretended he had n't had it — ’ |
| 13 | If she went from him permanently , he did n't know what he 'd do . |
| 14 | I said I do n't know what he 'd do cos Reakstead Lake 's deep ! |
| 15 | hard luck , no I 'd like to see what he 'd do with his stuff if he had to pay with it , pay for it himself . |
| 16 | It 's tempting to wonder what he 'd make of wordsmiths all around re-writing his work ; mellowed out or gobsmacked ? |
| 17 | They earn in a year what he 'd pay a French worker in a month . |
| 18 | And you know what he 'd have for a treat ? |
| 19 | ‘ We 'll be hearing this evening what he 'd have done if he 'd had his James Braid putter . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah but I do n't know what what he 'd charge for coming up . |
| 21 | Only what he 'd read . |
| 22 | If Dr Penry Vaughan preferred scruffy , she thought resentfully , scruffy was what he 'd get . |
| 23 | She wondered coolly how his erstwhile mentors would react once they learned what he 'd become , and what they 'd be prepared to offer to keep that quiet . |
| 24 | He gritted his teeth against the shame that welled up at the thought of what he 'd let happen to her , then met her eyes again , smiling . |
| 25 | He would n't be when he knew what he 'd come about . |
| 26 | That 's what he 'd come for . |
| 27 | I just did n't know what he 'd come up with . |
| 28 | He was much more content now , though melancholy about himself and what he 'd come to . |
| 29 | She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat . |
| 30 | He knew what he 'd find in the wardrobe upstairs if he ever had to search the place . |