Example sentences of "she would [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 One day soon she would see him for the last time .
32 Perhaps she would see someone across the room .
33 She would discuss it in the morning , and see sense then .
34 She would ring him in the week .
35 In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster .
36 She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity .
37 She trotted beside Miss Honey with wild little hops and her fingers flew as if she would scatter them to the four winds and her words went off like fireworks , with terrific speed .
38 The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened .
39 ‘ All the people in this valley is descended from four brothers from Scotland called Leekie , ’ Nana sat heavily down on the upright rush-seated chair which was the most she would permit herself in the way of comfort , and began the tale as Martha had always heard her tell it .
40 So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor .
41 She would need them over the weekend , God willing .
42 Twenty-four hours ago her life had seemed straightforward and uncomplicated , and now she was staying with a family she did n't know , invited to a wedding where she would know none of the guests — and extraordinarily attracted to a man with blue eyes .
43 She would argue about moving Anna before she had fully recovered — if she recovered — but she would put nothing in the way of Anna 's marriage to Nahum Plunkett .
44 As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply .
45 When Bassanio asked the doctor , a dressed up Portia , how he could pay her , she answered that she would take nothing but the ring .
46 She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life .
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