Example sentences of "she would [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | After this she would return to the far wall and wait for the papers to be put back into place , so she could repeat the game . |
2 | The fact that she would return to the same workhouse 10 years later was in itself not untypical ; many genuine helpers in such institutions may have had it in the back of their minds that one day they would become the cared for , rather than the person doing the caring , as old age took its toll . |
3 | Tomorrow , she would go to the finest jeweller in London and sell the gems for the best price she could get . |
4 | She would go to the far side and we would watch each other . |
5 | And she would do it , Emily clenched her hands into fists , she would fight to the last breath to keep her heritage and to preserve the good name of the Grenfells . |
6 | Emily smiled , she knew instinctively that here was a man who thought of women as merely creatures of decoration and , if it would serve her purpose , it was a view she would exploit to the full . |
7 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
8 | Sometimes , waking very early , she would tiptoe to the narrow window and look out across the harbour , half expecting to see a ship at anchor there , newly arrived from Portugal . |