Example sentences of "he would [vb infin] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would stride ahead to the next junction of corridors , twirling his umbrella , and then wait impatiently for the others to catch up . |
| 2 | When he had finished his meal , when he had collected his guard from the hard chair by the entrance , then he would stride back to the Haifa Street Housing Project , and he would chew on the pistachio nuts that were loose in his trouser pocket , and he would write to his mother . |
| 3 | Instead he would walk down to the river , take the path to the bridge and pick up his Police Review at Braddan 's on his way home . |
| 4 | At night when his mother was asleep , he would creep back to the computer to send messages . |
| 5 | Whether or not she bothered to rouse him , he knew that he would wake almost to the minute . |
| 6 | Lennox , despite his anti-English position , would find it intolerable to be a member of the Beaton faction ; within a few weeks , he would go over to the pro-English party , his hopes of his marriage to Margaret , daughter of Angus and Margaret Tudor , and of English recognition of him as heir-presumptive , should Arran break with England , weighing more with him than the desire for liberty and honour expressed in the July bond . |
| 7 | When his legs were more comfortable , he decided that he would go down to the town . |
| 8 | After tea , when the children were settled , he would go down to the pub and get half a bottle . |
| 9 | Since he was in the area , Owen decided he would go down to the river and take another look at the shoal on which Leila 's body had come to rest . |
| 10 | That was why they had hoped he would drop in to the meeting next door . |
| 11 | On one day he would articulate his awareness that his life-span would be short ; on other days he would speak vibrantly to the issue of looking forward to returning to work , to what type of work he would be doing in the future , and so forth and so on . |
| 12 | He would cling on to the craft and try to steer it . |
| 13 | When an English-speaker went into the foyer of the regiment , a NAAFI-style canteen where you could buy beer , cigarettes , sweets and memorabilia , he would head over to the table where the Mafia was sitting . |
| 14 | It was nearly a mile of steep climbing , he knew , before he would emerge on to the open heathland where The Drover 's Arms stood . |
| 15 | Mid morning he would yell out to the trainees during lulls in activity : " Everyone off the phone " When all had complied , he instructed them each to write on a piece of paper ten numbers out of the 40 that corresponded with the internal telephone lines . |
| 16 | Upon extracting the dealer 's name from the client , he would tear over to the culprit , who had usually been working quite innocently off a duplicate lead card . |
| 17 | He beat fellow American and world No 5 Michael Chang 7–5 , 6–2 , but had to wait for the result of the final round robin match in his group between big-hitters Goran Ivanisevic and Richard Krajicek to see if he would get through to the semi-finals of this last ranking competition of the year . |
| 18 | Anyway it would be interesting to learn just at what point he would get around to the subject of Rob . |
| 19 | And he would run down to the canal , leap into the water , and splash and frolic to his heart 's content . |
| 20 | He would come regularly to the rectory now , Lavinia thought . |
| 21 | It almost seemed for a moment as if he would come over to the table and speak , but then he turned away , looking rather puzzled and began to order his tea . |
| 22 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 23 | But he would come back to the right cues , so I could cope . ’ |
| 24 | Asked if he would hang on to the tot , he replied : ‘ No way — no , no . ’ |