Example sentences of "she would [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this was death then she would stare it in the face . |
| 2 | And hearing him Minch was pleased , for she saw that he was learning to understand others and would be ready for the harder lessons she would give him in the coming year . |
| 3 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 4 | I said that if she would leave it with the bill at her hall-porter 's desk , she could trust me to take it and leave the money without attempting to see her . |
| 5 | She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her . |
| 6 | Oi asked Miki from Lush if she would tell me about the birds and the bees but instead she twatted me with a flange pedal . |
| 7 | Art History as a subject was not yet available at Cambridge : she would attach herself to the Courtauld Institute . |
| 8 | If she had let this chance slip , she knew she would regret it for the rest of her life . |
| 9 | On my last full day in her house , Mrs Knelle declared that she would drive me through the mountains of Joyce 's Country to the edge of Connemara . |
| 10 | She would let herself into the flat and be waiting for Rachaela behind her screen . |
| 11 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 12 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 13 | Perhaps she would see someone across the room . |
| 14 | She would discuss it in the morning , and see sense then . |
| 15 | She would ring him in the week . |
| 16 | In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She would need them over the weekend , God willing . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
| 26 | When Bassanio asked the doctor , a dressed up Portia , how he could pay her , she answered that she would take nothing but the ring . |
| 27 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |