Example sentences of "he would [adv] [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were times , too , when Warner was obliged to involve himself with people he 'd sooner not have known . |
| 2 | He 'd most likely wanted to tell Philip something . |
| 3 | So OK , he 'd probably never have married her if his hand had n't been forced , or at least not so quickly , but did n't some of his behaviour indicate that perhaps he was n't quite so averse to the situation as he pretended ? |
| 4 | He 'd never really have hurt anyone . ’ |
| 5 | But she told the boy his offences were so serious that had he been 15 , not 14 , he 'd almost certainly have received a custodial sentence . |
| 6 | He 'd much rather have advised a disciple — the earnest girl Fruitbat , perhaps , or her relentlessly smiling lover , Chogyam-Jones , who dressed in what looked like a Chinese carpet ; their flattery was becoming necessary . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'd very much like to take over , but it 's the last thing I want . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd certainly never have to ask you , that 's for sure . |
| 9 | Charles has never been cast as a Good King in the nation-building mould of his contemporary Alfred of Wessex : he would surely not have minded — for he was a Frank , not a Frenchman . |
| 10 | Not only was he not going to eat her , she thought crisply , he would not even manage to unnerve her . |
| 11 | He would not even contemplate wiping out all his hard work with such a hare-brained scheme as a supertax . ’ |
| 12 | He would not even have turned his head for anyone else , but in the presence of his enemy , now truly and irrevocably his , no longer merely the legacy of his father 's wrongs , he stiffened his back and reared his head . |
| 13 | He would not even have to snap his fingers . |
| 14 | He was too close for her to say a word to Mitch but she knew without doubt that he was going to turn on them as soon as the door to his suite was closed and say that he would not even consider having anyone like her in his home or even near it . |
| 15 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 16 | That does not mean he would not otherwise have married a woman , in whom , according to his son , " he found an efficient substitute for his sister 's domestic management , and a helpmate ready to second all his exertions " . |
| 17 | But he would not necessarily decide to honour all rights provided in all statutes . |
| 18 | Otherwise he would not only have to wait till the young of a non-related male were reared but would probably have to protect them as well in order to prevent other males from supplanting him . |
| 19 | It has been suggested in several media reports today that if my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary were free to pursue an independent foreign policy , he would not now consider recognising Slovenia and Croatia . |
| 20 | And with Ligulf , the banner he would rather not have seen . |
| 21 | Jitters had his gun back , with just one bloody buggering round left in it , so he would jolly well have to put it to freaking good use , would n't he , by jove . |
| 22 | If the victim in the latter case had known of the facts , he would presumably not have bought the car . |
| 23 | The higher rate tax payer has found the entire scheme irresistible to such an extent that he has invested in companies he would otherwise not have touched . |
| 24 | He found that it opened a window on the City that he would otherwise never have had . |
| 25 | He would n't even have to stir out of the cool of his office . |
| 26 | Reporters like Terry Lewis needed so little to go on to formulate a story ; he would n't even have to name Luke Calder , just make some veiled references to his identity that could be enough to discredit him . |
| 27 | He would n't even need to ask . |
| 28 | She thought she had given him a very tricky word , one that he would n't yet have learned , and she was peeved that he had succeeded . |
| 29 | I mean h he under he says this is , you know a very nice house and he would n't normally expect to get a room for twenty five pounds in a house of that character . |
| 30 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |