Example sentences of "she would [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His apprehension arose not out of a fear that she would ruin him by extravagant expenditure but from a neurotic anxiety that if she knew how much money he had put away , she might feel free to leave him .
2 She would urge them to either aim to become local councillors and get involved in important decision-making , or lobby the authorities to take more steps to protect the environment by providing more things like facilities for recycling household refuse .
3 After that she needed no invitation and , when he was lying exhausted beside her , she would send him into loud peals of laughter with her spicy , tart wit and skill at mimicry , particularly of that rather stuffy English clerk , Hugh Corbett .
4 ‘ Not that she would have me in any event . ’
5 From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted .
6 ‘ I never dreamed she would take it like that , ’ whispered Mrs Alderley in a shocked tone .
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