Example sentences of "he would [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They earn in a year what he 'd pay a French worker in a month . |
| 2 | He gives Rachel the blank stare he 'd give a truant officer . |
| 3 | He 's more discerning , he 'd prefer a slow build-up , like him and me . |
| 4 | He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all . |
| 5 | He 'd feel a little bit of pity for his mother and the labrador he 'd owned at eight , awe at the dead pop stars and disgust at the lack of fashion and the bad music played for the occasion . |
| 6 | If one of his family had been in the same position surely he 'd expect a stiffer sentence than the one given today |
| 7 | He 'd do a standard trunk escape , but come on as a clown to test the chains . |
| 8 | I also like Sheffield Wednesday 's Chris Bart-Williams — he 'd do a great job . |
| 9 | That would give him a week 's grace at least , and then he 'd do the same thing again in some other place to stay untraceable . |
| 10 | He said show me how to carve , actually I bet he 'd make a good chef |
| 11 | ‘ He 'd make a marvellous father , ’ Carole enthused . |
| 12 | And as she stared , there was interposed on the fair skin face of a man , a thin man , and he was leering at her as if in triumph , as he would do if he were to get hold of this unusual-looking child , for he 'd make a pretty penny out of her , no matter what channel he sent her along , his nursery , the street , or the boat . |
| 13 | He 'd make an awful fuss . |
| 14 | ‘ Because there I was , ’ Mrs. Mounce ran on , as the blue haze of cigarette smoke thickened in the dusk , ‘ honestly , darling , without a stitch on , and this lunatic hammering on the door and shouting he 'd wake the whole hotel if I did n't open up … ’ |
| 15 | O ’ course I do n't want to exaggerate : now and then you 'd get sparks out of him — he 'd tell a good story , he 'd chat up one o' the lasses , or go to t'pub wi' the lads . |
| 16 | He 'd go the driving horses , they 'd probably go to Wickham market Monday do you see , the sale on the Monday they 'd go to Ipswich on the Tuesday er Wednesday they 'd go to Bury er and Ailsworth |
| 17 | oh no they wo n't , in that case he 'd hold a fucking dinner and dance , he would n't hold a disco |
| 18 | He said Danny was good at making money … he 'd run a successful car security etching business , and once made 6000 pounds renovating a house . |
| 19 | He 's the type of horse to win the ‘ John Hughes ’ but if you could ever get him settled nicely and bring him through later , he 'd run a great race in the National again . ’ |
| 20 | The pressure wo n't bother him because he 's not a nervous type , and with his pace and aggression he 'd trouble the best batsman in the world . |
| 21 | He 'd thrust a window-sized fist through a window , he 'd kick off the roof , he 'd roar until the walls crumbled , he 'd explode . |
| 22 | And he 'd get a little bit on his building society , would n't he ? |
| 23 | And sometimes , when there were visitors and raksi to drink , he 'd get the red bitch to sing — a mournful , wailing dirge that made us fall about with laughter . |
| 24 | He 'd get the whole yarn about the blackmail , perhaps even Laura Channing 's name or telephone number . |
| 25 | This time , after I 'd hung up , I laid the phone down at an angle to the receiver tits so he 'd get an engaged tone if he tried again . |
| 26 | He 'd become a secret hero to the boys . |
| 27 | Charismatic , charming , he 'd become a national hero . |
| 28 | But by the time he was assessed as fit for open prison in Britain he 'd become the leading figure in Australia 's organised crime world … involved in drug smuggling … fraud and firearms offences |
| 29 | Long before Buckmaster 's eyes had turned to politics and he 'd become the youngest MP in the Commons , leaving Morgan to run the largest security organization in the world . |
| 30 | Now once he got in for his half , half pint in , in the in the passage he 'd have , he 'd have a good swig and , and it was about when he 'd got to bottom of the glass put it down . |