Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] he would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of that income he would have put £1,500 per annum back into the firm , so he would have had £6,000 a year to spend or save . |
| 2 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
| 3 | To this end he set out to give a ‘ factual picture of life as it comes at a boy in the Merchant Service ’ , offering details of the kind of people he would meet and ‘ some of the problems and emotional conflicts he would have to face … ’ |
| 4 | This is not at all the case and if Tam ( who is usually very accurate in his writing ) read the material coming from the European Parliament he would know that this is not the case . |
| 5 | His father , he said , had the right to make decisions of that kind , and perhaps he was aware of the long-term economic loss he would suffer from withdrawing from the joint enterprise . |
| 6 | He was consciously allowing her to see his softer side , and for such a proud , private man that was perhaps the greatest compliment he would ever pay her . |
| 7 | I thought if anybody he 'll be as normal rule he would |
| 8 | The Lord Chancellor ( Viscount Dilhorne ) said that , as he was not himself a candidate for the leadership , if anyone wished to have any private talk he would be available . |
| 9 | Anticipating Kravchuk 's remarks at a press conference on Nov. 4 shortly after the Russian ratification of START , Ukraine 's Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma had warned that unless the West offered further inducements he would have difficulty in persuading parliament to approve the treaty . |
| 10 | Perhaps there was another route he would choose — after meeting the scribe again , Huy had little doubt who the rich client at the City of Dreams had been , and knew why his profile , fleetingly glimpsed , had seemed familiar . |
| 11 | In the last few minutes he would fumble in a inside pocket , and the Queen in her handbag , and they would quickly run through the formal subjects for discussion . |
| 12 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 13 | Like Charles himself , the government had seriously over-estimated the likely degree of Jacobite sympathy he would encounter and they were particularly apprehensive about the security of Chester , which barred the way into North Wales . |
| 14 | David Nicholson 's Waterloo Boy from Condicote near Stow on the Wold should start as favourite for this … what a popular winner he would be … |
| 15 | If he had failed to take this action he would probably have been unaware of the emergency . |
| 16 | ‘ For this wedding he would have to save for many years . |
| 17 | He is also reported to have told British journalists he would be in London in November . |
| 18 | He is also reported to have told British journalists he would be in London in November . |
| 19 | Completing his degree would ensure that he was better equipped to do the job , especially as by studying social anthropology he would be better able to understand his players . |
| 20 | if it was another girl he would have another one . |
| 21 | Under different circumstances he would have preferred to cover things over , the illegitimacy for one . |
| 22 | If he ever found this girl he would thank her for choosing to live in that quarter of the city . |
| 23 | In this village he would be unprotected , misunderstood , a victim . |
| 24 | Under gentle pressure he conceded that Riddle had mentioned the possibility of marriage and said that in this circumstance he would want to make a fresh will . ’ |
| 25 | At this moment he would have argued with anything Lorton said . |
| 26 | In later and easier days he would certainly have studied mathematics at university , but instead left school when he was seventeen . |
| 27 | In the old days he would have been amused and asked her how she 'd done it . |
| 28 | In the old days he would have felt guilt . |
| 29 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 30 | " Mrs Plant , " Timothy said quite softly , and Mr Plant whispered that if he issued another sound he would thump him to a pulp . |