Example sentences of "he [verb] it would [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did he think it would serve any purpose to refer to the lipstick-smeared card , originally written by Dotty and still wired to the stem of the mutilated plant , which , in the heat of the moment and the fitful light of the streetlamps was mistakenly thought to have been dipped in blood . |
| 2 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |
| 3 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 4 | He decided it would take less time to break the copyguards than to go back for the correct disc . |
| 5 | in in our in our erm country , the same was there , he tacked on this name , because he thought it would sound better for an army officer to have a name like Rouget de Lisle , instead of just de Lisle . |
| 6 | However , he thought it would take another ten years of satellite measurements before the predicted temperature increases and climate changes could be confirmed . |
| 7 | He knew it would take great care and he knew also — inadmissible , subversive thought — that what he really wanted was to live with her here , securely , for the rest of his life : that was the earthly promise of the revelation at Hause Point . |
| 8 | Sometimes he said he knew it would happen one day . |
| 9 | If we 'd nut spoken to each other for years and he died it would make all the difference to have someone say he was still fond of me . |
| 10 | He said it would take some time to redress the imbalance in spending on black and white children when five times as much is still spent on each white child as on each black child . |
| 11 | I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days . |