Example sentences of "he would [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 'd send me to the dispensary at the workhouse . ’ |
| 2 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |
| 3 | When we were naughty he 'd give Fred the strap but he 'd sit me on the mantelpiece to make me mind my manners . |
| 4 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 5 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 6 | Or I mean I think he 's , she 's bitten him before , if he had any sense he 'd leave them at the gate or something , I mean somebody would go for them . |
| 7 | like if you left a note for the postman he 'd drop it through the door |
| 8 | ‘ Your need 's greater than mine , ’ and then he 'd tell me about the new necklace he 'd bought for his missus . |
| 9 | But whether he 'd tell us over the telephone , you think ask . |
| 10 | And he 'd clip them on the clip them on the rope and take 'em to the pit bottom . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder if he 'd run me to the shop , ’ said Betty . |
| 12 | I asked him where he was goin' to get the pennies from , and he said he 'd nick them from the superintendent 's gas money . |
| 13 | I 'd say , nothing , we 've just been up there , and he 'd smack us across the chops with the er gloves , and say , go on , and do n't let me see you here again . |
| 14 | Well if he came out on strike with us erm and we won if we won everything we g he 'd gain nothing in the end cos he 's in another section . |
| 15 | He 'd sod them by the hide and arrange them into lengths . |
| 16 | the only battleship I know about is the girl friend go away for about three months at a time and you 'd say of where 's Norman , oh he 's er working and then we all knew he 's working for a he 'd put them in the computer systems right the way throughout the ships |
| 17 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 18 | So I ‘ phoned Washburn , explained the problem and was put onto one Nick who , after a quick ferret around in various boxes , told me he 'd stick one in the post . |
| 19 | ‘ We figured that if this was all about focusing the mind 's energy , he 'd have it at the ceremony , ’ Benny added . |
| 20 | One man in particular er again I wo n't mention his name but anybody that went to Road School 'll know who I , I mean when I say that if you did anything wrong he 'd call you out and ask you something and if you , if you like pupils used to be a bit shy and , and not speak to him he 'd slap you across the face . |
| 21 | Her reaction was as though he 'd hit her in the face , then she recovered , left the room and walked into the kitchen at the end of the hall . |
| 22 | Noel said he 'd hit it on the coffee table ! |
| 23 | She 'd been certain he 'd take her into the darkness and privacy of the back close . |
| 24 | Well I used to the grindstone was in the cart shed , you see , and er I used to turn the handle whilst he ground his knives down and then he 'd take them in the slaughterhouse , after he got them ground , and put them on this stone to get them smooth , to get a fine edge on the knife . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't do that , girl ; he 'd fight you for the child . |
| 26 | He 'd inspect it and pass the load before he 'd let you into the barrack ground . |
| 27 | He would instruct me in the history of the world while the people of the world walked by , ignoring the salvation we offered them , and the icy wind blew around our ankles . |
| 28 | He would instruct them in the first instance to threaten to seize the man 's belongings to the value of the money owed . |
| 29 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 30 | He still treated Edward coolly , stating with conviction that he had his orders direct from London and saw no need to go over them in detail , and no possibility that he would modify them on the say-so of a junior officer he did not know . |