Example sentences of "he would [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd bark at a bird wo n't it ? |
2 | Er I 've known er one bloke he , he 'd send for a pint of Shipstons beer when it was sixpence a pint , and then he 'd send for another pint and he 'd be drunk , or , or he 'd be ready f to fight anybody that wanted to fight him . |
3 | Then he 'd sit for a while , occasionally glancing at the figure next to him , until at last he 'd lean towards the other 's ear . |
4 | One of them bought a ticket and he 'd go to an exit , open the door and his mates would flood in . |
5 | no the gourmet like detective yeah and they come in and they go God that was a tough crime and he 'd go after a crime I like something to eat and then he goes into the kitchen and he 's going |
6 | He 'd blame it all on the beer and the sherry , he 'd say with a laugh she 'd been right to tell him not to take any . |
7 | He 'd look at a problem and come up with a totally different answer to the one you 'd expect … |
8 | He 'd play for a hour or two , then leave . |
9 | And you know what he 'd have for a treat ? |
10 | He 'd come for an evening 's entertainment and , though the food was good , he 'd reckoned on stronger meat . |
11 | With her head down , concentrating on pushing the skis along and her mind happily listing the insults she 'd love to heap on his golden head , Shannon failed to notice that he 'd come to a halt just a couple of feet in front of her , till she cannoned straight into his solid bulk , her skis sliding neatly between his . |
12 | The scene in the kitchens had been considerably more lively ; as he 'd shouldered his way through he 'd come upon a spectacle of controlled panic with Angelica presiding . |
13 | This is many times what he would earn as a university graduate in Bangladesh . |
14 | Mr Robert Mayor was n't too sure how he would vote in a council election , because of concern over reports of overspending by the hung Wirral authority and the effect on the poll tax . |
15 | But the clear implication yesterday that he would settle for a place on the bench this weekend should dovetail nicely with Ferguson 's thinking . |
16 | Sometimes he was too sick to eat anything all day , but other days he would sleep for a while and then get up for a meal . |
17 | He would walk in a day before a College hop and say , ‘ Good heavens : We must tart the place up a bit . |
18 | When Eliot had finished an extract , he would pause for a second or two , and then , as if to break the spell , switch his head quickly to the right . |
19 | At Tangier , he would stay at an hotel nearby . ’ |
20 | She had hoped he would stay for a chat with her parents , but he was making it very obvious that that was n't part of his plan . |
21 | She knew that very soon he would break into a flamenco , that the local girls in their frills and flounces would mask him with their castanets and their swinging hips . |
22 | In the event , the deal which has emerged in Taif has justified the general 's fears of what he would regard as a sell-out of the Maronite cause . |
23 | Coming back to the place drunk , especially when he could n't find the light switch , was horrendous ; he would wake to a sight like Manhattan after a severe earthquake . |
24 | Thank God , that was the last time he would have to do it ; after this he would go as an executive , by aircraft and helicopter only . |
25 | If he knew , he would go into a swoon ! |
26 | With that final remark he would go into a huff and that would be the end of the conversation . |
27 | He would go to a bar late and sip a long drink very slowly . |
28 | ( This latter was used to good effect by the hard-up Gordon Comstock in Keep the Aspidistra Flying ; he would go to a party with a single cigarette in a packet and get free smokes all night long on the strength of it . ) |
29 | Er now whenever I 've me I honestly wish he would go under a sunlamp and melt ! |
30 | He was a giant of a man and did the work of three , and when someone flagged with exhaustion he would appear like a genie by his side and with a quiet word help him over the temporary crisis . |