Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] would [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | He decided he would make this into an interesting tale to tell amongst his fellow drunks . |
| 3 | He decided it would take less time to break the copyguards than to go back for the correct disc . |
| 4 | He hinted he would do more than host formal functions and represent Israel on state visits : ‘ I hope I will be able , through the efficient work of the government , to play a role in developing the Middle East peace process . ’ |
| 5 | However , he thought it would take another ten years of satellite measurements before the predicted temperature increases and climate changes could be confirmed . |
| 6 | Erm , we are today , going to do the Black Sheep of the Family , erm , because erm , erm , does n't feel that he he 's up to doing the one that he thought he would do this week . |
| 7 | I asked him if he thought he would win any prizes ; he thought he would be lucky if he did . |
| 8 | He thought he would put this to the proof . |
| 9 | You see , he knew he would get more income in the long run from returning your hat than from keeping it and selling it . ’ |
| 10 | As for the race itself , Kinane added that he knew he would win some way from home and had enjoyed a trouble-free run throughout . |
| 11 | He knew he would lose many of his men in the dangerous , slow pathway across . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | During his two years at Lib Dem headquarters he insisted on being paid nothing because he felt he would have more authority and room for manoeuvre that way . |
| 14 | There is a profound inertia and part of that in many places surely with it there is a profound inertia on another matter Dr Stuart referred to , in an answering a question he said I would see this as the , the role of the elder . |
| 15 | He said he would support such a committee but did not feel it was appropriate that the department was represented on it . |
| 16 | He said he would wait another week to see if the injury healed and then make a decision — if he steps down , leading batsman Javed Miandad may lead the team . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He wished they would show more appreciation of the skills of visiting teams and more tolerance of mistakes by their own players . |
| 19 | Now he was saying that although we were too young to talk of real love he hoped we would see each other alone and not always surrounded by friends . |
| 20 | He hoped she would spare some time for him and he promised he would not ask her to act in anything . |