Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often times when I was going into the country after orders and so on in the autumn , I 'd look at a field that had been freshly ploughed up after the harvest ; and I 'd think to myself how much like a piece of Doncaster Cord it was — colour , straight lines and everything . ’ |
| 2 | On the way I would stop at a restaurant and have lunch and then continue , taking my time . |
| 3 | A progress chart , I 'd thought , which would show at a glance — ’ |
| 4 | On the other hand he would have a much enlarged Aquitaine , to be held in sovereignty , the ‘ perpetual liberty ’ which he had instructed the Black Prince to demand of his royal prisoner in 1357 , and which would remove at a stroke the threat of confiscation . |
| 5 | Pop and plainchant , Otis Redding and O'Riada , ‘ Walk On The Wild Side ’ and ‘ Faith Of Our Fathers ’ — an average Pierce Turner album features more couplings than you 'd find at a business executive conference in Bangkok . |
| 6 | Krabbe 's manager , Jos Hermens , said she would run at a meeting in Jena on May 28 . |
| 7 | She would smile at a man , lead him on a few steps , then turn cold . ’ |
| 8 | They say twenty five children at the primary school get more individual attention than they 'd get at a larger school . |
| 9 | He 'd bark at a bird wo n't it ? |
| 10 | He 'd look at a problem and come up with a totally different answer to the one you 'd expect … |
| 11 | Thus , to George 's great indignation , he would arrive at a racecourse to hear that the cup for the 2.30 was about to be presented to the winner by Mrs Frank Coven , when he thought it ought to be presented by Lord Wigg . |
| 12 | He took the notebook with him ; sometimes he would sit at a desk or table and write , losing any idea of time or place , roused later by the discovery that his leg had gone numb or he had cramp in his foot . |
| 13 | The defender said he would sell at a price of £70,000 . |
| 14 | It might be short on intrigue and backstabbing but it would move at a cracking pace . |