Example sentences of "he would [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards he 'd sworn he would prefer to see any child of his six foot under rather than taken for a nun . |
| 2 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 3 | He said he would return to answer all charges . |
| 4 | If he did not , said Mr Deerey , he would move to sever all links between Chalmers and the party . |
| 5 | He would like to see another firearms amnesty . |
| 6 | Benn was so impressed with Ceauşescu 's Romania that he found nothing odd in the following suggestion from Bruno Pittermann , the former chairman of Kreisky 's Austrian Socialist Party : ‘ Pittermann said he would like to see parliamentary links with Romania , Poland and Yugoslavia , and to study their election process and procedure . |
| 7 | He feels that many people , both inside and outside the health service , are not aware of the sort of research funds that are already present in the NHS , and he would like to see these funds made more explicit . |
| 8 | McKinnon said he would like to see more plays of this quality receiving second and third productions in Scotland where there was a tendency to forget about a play after its premiere . |
| 9 | He would like to see German investment ‘ diluted by the involvement of other EC countries ’ . |
| 10 | He said he would like to sleep that night in the Little Vestry . |
| 11 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |
| 12 | She asked him if he would like to have some sweets . |
| 13 | I would be happy to send him a copy of our policy document if he would like to have more detail . |
| 14 | He would like to hear any information available on AEAs preferred strategy for privatisation and would like to know what will happen over terms and conditions for staff when Government division and Commercial division diverge . |
| 15 | Picon also admits quietly that he would like to construct additional galleries above the current restaurant space . |
| 16 | One teacher said he would like to send all blacks back on the banana boat , and another told her that he was unable to sit by her because she was black . |
| 17 | But once the King had abdicated he would cease to have this protection . |
| 18 | He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future . |
| 19 | As chancellor , he told the Independent that he would consider cutting public spending or raising indirect taxes in order to sustain a balanced budget . |
| 20 | He had calculated , however , that he would need to give three poetry readings in order to cover his expenses on this visit : he did only the amount that was strictly necessary , since the Inland Revenue had a habit of taking much of any extra income he earned . |
| 21 | He would have to watch that Teng . |
| 22 | King Hussein delivered a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 5 in which he spoke publicly for the first time about his recent cancer surgery in the United States [ see p. 39118 ] , announcing that he would have to undergo further tests in the USA . |
| 23 | If there had been room in the hallway , he would have swung Wee Charlie round in a circle . |
| 24 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 25 | Otherwise it is very likely he would always hesitate or stumble when he would have to use these words in the course of a conversation . |
| 26 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 27 | Besides , he would have seen last night as a meeting between two sides to an argument . |
| 28 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 29 | The vet said he would have undergone prolonged suffering and an extreme amount of pain , because the first pellet would n't have killed him . |
| 30 | ‘ He would have felt three times as virtuous , ’ I said , and the barman looked at me blankly . |