Example sentences of "he would [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if he 'd even have a chance of it anyway |
| 2 | Harbury rattled on : ‘ I know he 'd rather make a statement later on and give it simultaneously to everyone . |
| 3 | ( I sha n't — he said he 'd rather have a drawing of mine , in any case . ) |
| 4 | He 'd probably take a belt to the poor boy . ’ |
| 5 | He thought that it would be Tessa who 'd yell , so he 'd already put a hand across her mouth . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd hardly make a fuss about an old skull , ’ Albert said , but went to Mister Johnny just the same and held out his hand . |
| 7 | Ven was his own man and if he wanted to eat anything more then she was certain that he 'd hardly forgo a pudding just because she did n't want one . |
| 8 | He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal . |
| 9 | Claudia looked at him with resignation ; of course he had … he 'd never let a trick pass him by . |
| 10 | Alain Michel was one of those men who looked like he 'd never win a world championship . |
| 11 | He 'd never become a household name , unlike his famous younger brother , Icarus , but instead , remaining grounded , had prospered . |
| 12 | If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open . |
| 13 | ‘ John may be mad , but he 'd never buy a horse as hot as that as a first horse for his daughter ! ’ |
| 14 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 15 | He 'd never say a word . |
| 16 | And that Ernie being a real good slaughterman , I mean , after Tuesday morning he 'd always have a bullock |
| 17 | He 'd often hear a mention of hostages on the early news he picked up from Radio Monte Carlo or VOA that might not be repeated later in the day . |
| 18 | No ordinary man , he ; with a good education behind him , coupled with a strong religious fervour , he would eventually achieve a degree of fame by compiling a treatise on the botany of North America , called Sketches towards a Hortus Botanicus Americanus . |
| 19 | If a motorist did enter , he would eventually get a bill . |
| 20 | If he discovered a new rule he would immediately seek a way of breaking it , and I had assumed that he would have some sympathy with those who flouted the laws against drugs , yet there was no denying the genuine anger in his voice when he talked of cocaine . |
| 21 | He added he would willingly forego a trip to the United States and play in the Jersey Open with the hope of collecting more Ryder Cup points . |
| 22 | Within a couple of months Constanze was pregnant , and Mozart realized that he would soon have a family to support on what was still a precarious income . |
| 23 | If he were very lucky , he would also get a bonus : Coleby might provide him with evidence of murder . |
| 24 | When he turned to attack landscape he would either include a figure smudged on the periphery , dwindling in the distance , or portray anonymous couples or figures imprisoned by fences and obstructed by walls and trees . |
| 25 | Cook said that if he did not make the South African team he would seriously consider a return to county cricket . |
| 26 | Also during their first round of talks Li signalled that he would seriously consider a proposal by Kaifu jointly to submit a plan to the UN for a register to track the international arms trade . |
| 27 | To every argument she put forward he would inevitably find a counter , and she had no doubt that could go on forever . |
| 28 | It was not too far away and he would definitely find a rope there . |
| 29 | After the delivery , he would always have a cup of tea . |
| 30 | Reacting to de Klerk 's suggestion that he was prepared to " look beyond present measures to maintain law and order " , Mandela warned that he would personally lead a defiance campaign should the government impose a state of emergency . |