Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 2 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 3 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |
| 4 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 5 | What safety they offered was debatable , but if worst came to worst he would throw himself beneath a car , and deny the voiders the entertainment of his slow demise . |
| 6 | She would look all right and would throw herself into the dancing with undisciplined enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Sometimes , he knew , she would bruise herself with a rock to get morph-plus out of him . |
| 8 | He would lend himself to a deluge ; she would imagine water gushing into a basin . |
| 9 | He would treat himself to a seat in the front row . |
| 10 | The Soviets were cautious in character , not adventurous like Adolf had been ( could n't that change one wondered ? ) and , while the balance of terror continued , they would behave themselves to an extent . |
| 11 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes ’ Cregagh Bonsai owner Stephen Whiteside surrounds himself with the love of his life . |
| 13 | He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman . |
| 14 | When the appointed hour approached and we could see the visitors massing outside the glass doors at the end of the ward , waiting for opening-time , I would bury myself in a book to hide my pink eyes ; but they would none the less be drawn irresistibly to watch the passage of each visitor along the aisle while I thought babyishly , " Somebody might think to come . " |
| 15 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 16 | Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream . |
| 17 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |
| 18 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 19 | Apparently he asked Howard Samuel whether he would associate himself with an action to procure an injunction to restrain the manifesto , to which Howard Samuel had allegedly replied that he would . |
| 20 | It might well be of concern to him , for example , if the content of a particular religion proved to be at odds with the ethical criteria he would associate himself with the concept of Truth . |
| 21 | I would see myself as a feminist and a socialist and I think socialism is the only form of just government a just way of running any sort of society , that can give people any sort of dignity . |
| 22 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 23 | A number of GRIST coordinating staff doubted whether arts teachers would avail themselves of the opportunity to comment on their INSET need , as GRIST , section 27. i. , requires . |
| 24 | " Every intelligent voter " in the country would avail himself of the opportunity proposed by Hare to enter their names on the ballot paper . |
| 25 | Their common concern was the chaos that would unleash itself on the city if a radioactive cloud from Hinkley Point was carried by the prevailing wind . |
| 26 | Led by Lord Pugh , the Fists would punch their way through into the city , the treacherous city which would reconfigure itself like a machine so as to funnel them unwittingly . |
| 27 | ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it . |
| 28 | And they would force themselves to the front all the time . |
| 29 | When he came to a stream or a fallen tree trunk , he would launch himself like a ballet dancer , but in slow motion , and land as softly as if his feet were scatter cushions . |
| 30 | Sometimes he would forget himself in the beauty of their flight , not understanding why people would come to see him and the other miserable eagles caged and confined and not seem to even notice the gulls and bold black rooks soaring freely and so beautifully above their heads . |