Example sentences of "it would [verb] him [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caledor does not draw the Sword of Khaine even though it would give him the power to defeat the Witch King . |
| 2 | It would do him no harm if it was known that his stepdaughter was attending a reputable and expensive crammer . |
| 3 | Perhaps he could get a doctor 's certificate , to say it would do him a damage . |
| 4 | He notes further to the comments above that while the substitution of will in ( 16 ) " would merely say that it would cost him a fortune if he took them home " ( idea of conditionality ) , the be going to construction expresses the idea of a " current orientation " towards the realization of the infinitive 's event ( here the speaker 's intention to take the books home ) . |
| 5 | It would save him the fare . |