Example sentences of "she would [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggie 's ancestors supplied the dynamite for the blasting of the Mount Rushmore monument but now she 'd like to light a fuse under Costner . |
| 2 | She kept trying to trample them , slam the door , but he kept kicking it back open and sooner or later she 'd have to put a name to her feelings , and she was afraid , so afraid , that the name was love … but it must n't be , she thought savagely ; it ca n't be . |
| 3 | She 'd have to take a drink of water . |
| 4 | She 'd have to get a taxi home . |
| 5 | It looked as though she 'd have to have a word with Mrs Thrigg . |
| 6 | But she wanted a man , so she knew she 'd have to pay a price , any price . |
| 7 | She was told she 'd have to pay a £116 a week for it because she 's in a private nursing home . |
| 8 | She knew she would have to take a look . |
| 9 | Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves . |
| 10 | I recall one occasion when Mother was so busy trying to finish knitting a quilt — I 've still got it somewhere that she said she would have to miss a service . |
| 11 | He told Lisa that before the operation , and for a few months after , she would have to wear a steel frame pinned to her head and connected to a rigid plaster jacket to hold her damaged neck in place . |
| 12 | Loretta had assumed that she would have to leave a message for Jamie with some college functionary , and wait for him to ring back . |
| 13 | She would have to eat a bucket of chicken vindaloo to get the stuff down her and , although there had been publicly expressed doubts about the kitchens of the ‘ Tandoori ’ , Wimbledon , they had n't , as far as Henry knew , got around to using bleach to liven up their menu . |
| 14 | She would have to find a dressing-gown . |
| 15 | If she wanted to get home in comfort , she would have to find a cashpoint . |
| 16 | This meant that whichever of the leading candidates was eventually declared president , he or she would have to face a legislature dominated by a rival party . |
| 17 | I told you at the time to stick out and then she would have to get a housekeeper in . |
| 18 | she would have to get a lot more fed up and tired with this old , time-frozen body before suicide became a serious alternative . |
| 19 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 20 | She was fed up , she was hungry , and now she would have to confront a horde of troublesome workmen lounging about the house , banging nails , screwing screws and making ribald comments when what she had thought she was escaping to was a slice of peace and solitude . |
| 21 | A young reader would perhaps define an attractive author as one with whom he or she would like to spend a day . |
| 22 | She listened to his calm voice explaining that he was not available and if she would like to leave a message … but the message she would like to have left was far too complicated , so she rang off without saying anything . |
| 23 | ‘ She would like to make a go of it but there is nothing there — it is so sad . ’ |
| 24 | Elizabeth was also asked if she would like to make a list of what she does not like about community living but could not think of anything for the moment . |
| 25 | Then , an iron resolve began to grow within her , she would fight to make a future for herself , she was n't stupid or helpless , the problems would be tackled and every effort made to save the business . |
| 26 | Instead she would try to arrange a formula for a smooth withdrawal of US forces without serious economic disruption . |