Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv prt] with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She 'd been involved with fairs and circuses since the age of fourteen , when she 'd run off with a Wall of Death rider on his motorbike . |
2 | A Sunday newspaper had once revealed that he 'd wanted to marry a feminist and she 'd run off with a lesbian , which was why he had it in for both . |
3 | If you lit a match in our kitchen , it 'd go up with a roar . ’ |
4 | At least , I ought to have tried , but I did n't think we 'd end up with a blizzard like this . |
5 | If this guitar were mine , I 'd be tempted to experiment , probably starting with Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro IIs , and then maybe I 'd end up with a guitar that was a perfect cross between the JD and the Signature . |
6 | I was , what I was afraid of , we 'd end up with a house on , on , on a tilt |
7 | You did , you always said I 'd get off with a cat . |
8 | One day he 'd wake up with a hole in his head , but that would n't change anything . |
9 | And then they would spring down with a howl and rush to embrace her . |
10 | I 'd sit on his lap and he 'd stroke me and rabbit on , and this sound would crop up with a kind of sighing and sometimes his voice would have an edge to it , too . |
11 | ‘ No-one would run off with a hand-cart . ’ |
12 | ‘ That I had many acquaintances named Svend and that none of them would run off with a teenager . ’ |
13 | The enormous park was a source of delight to most visitors — though not all — for sometimes the Empress , an indefatigable walker , would set off with a group of people to tramp through the grounds , occasionally going part of the way in a carriage . |
14 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
15 | Seven of our Section were detached for a fortnight to make our creche , so each day after parade they would go off with a Corporal to hump sand , fill wheelbarrows with moss and look for things to add to the project . |
16 | He added members wanted the Government to find a new way of paying for NHS work , and hoped a joint inquiry by the Department of Health and British Dental Association would come up with a solution . |
17 | So for example if you typed ‘ c*ne* ’ in the input box , the software would come up with a list of seven possible words . |
18 | The one drawback to the Beka'a Video Club was that Abu Salim , who 'd asked us to give him English lessons , would come down with a list of words and phrases he 'd noted while watching the films and ask for an explanation , his main interest was obscene vocabulary . |
19 | Sometimes she would come back with a posy of flowers , other times she would just spend an hour deep in meditation . |
20 | IF Little Nemo in Slumberland ever met Tank Girl he would wake up with a start and ensure he never perchanced to dream again . |
21 | Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place . |