Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of these fine days , when he 's my uncle , I would thank him for this . |
| 2 | I would employ him in any position in my organisation at any time . ’ |
| 3 | I would ask him about that |
| 4 | His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him . |
| 5 | After that she needed no invitation and , when he was lying exhausted beside her , she would send him into loud peals of laughter with her spicy , tart wit and skill at mimicry , particularly of that rather stuffy English clerk , Hugh Corbett . |
| 6 | From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted . |
| 7 | Jackson said : ‘ I told Nigel he was too thin to play rugby and that they would break him in half . ’ |
| 8 | Let R.M. consult him if there was any difficulty and he would support him in any steps necessary for the national interest . ' |
| 9 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 10 | There was scant eating in the meat , but it would sustain him for some days , assuming he could keep the scent away from wolves . |
| 11 | He had positioned himself in a narrow doorway , in the vain hope it would provide him with some shelter from the biting cold . |