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 .
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