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 .
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