Example sentences of "he would [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would instruct me in the history of the world while the people of the world walked by , ignoring the salvation we offered them , and the icy wind blew around our ankles . |
| 2 | He would instruct them in the first instance to threaten to seize the man 's belongings to the value of the money owed . |
| 3 | He would meet her in the bar around six o'clock . |
| 4 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 5 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |
| 6 | Once she had written , another decision would have been taken , and he would tell them in the office that they were having a stab at Italy this year , he 'd managed to track down a villa in Tuscany . |
| 7 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 8 | He would see her in the old holey woollies she wore to bed , rather than an old-fashioned nightshirt . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes he would try it in the evening but never during the dead of night . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If he were tired , ’ said Miss Fielding , ‘ he would put me in the driving seat — except that my part was n't written for that to happen . |
| 11 | Although he felt sure he would win her in the end , he was annoyed at her continuing coyness . |