Example sentences of "he would [adv] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd even sit at a machine in the factory sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants . |
2 | He would have Christmas Day off and he would surely call at the vicarage on some pretext or other . |
3 | but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side . |
4 | Although he had n't sold a book in weeks he would happily sit at the counter engrossed in his beloved William Blake until it was time to turn the sign on the front door from ‘ Open ’ to ‘ Closed ’ . |
5 | In restaurants — his tastes were no more sophisticated now than before , but occasionally he would do better than the Corner House — he would still order at the top of his voice , still hoping to be recognized . |