Example sentences of "[verb] he would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 At the church , me poor sister was near to swoonin' , our mum 'ad to give 'er smellin'-salts , with 'is reverend the vicar sayin' 'e 'd 'ave to cancel the ceremony .
2 And painting him would help to exorcise him .
3 Some bishops , notably those who owed their promotions to James ( such as Thomas Cartwright of Chester and Samuel Parker of Oxford ) , supported the Indulgence , and encouraged their clergy to deliver addresses of thanks for that part of Declaration in which James promised he would continue to protect the Church of England .
4 Petrol , food and a few tools had been his biggest expenses so far , and if the budget started to tighten he 'd have to stop buying food and see what he could find in the woodland around him .
5 He angered even the faithful by doing it in the middle of the night , announcing he would slash spending to close a gaping budget deficit and promising to use the new tax revenue to bolster poor school districts .
6 Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ .
7 A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards .
8 There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 .
9 She 'd half expected he would want to make love with her again , had felt her own body liquefy with musky desire for him .
10 Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own .
11 He had seen Caballeros make his 3 and knew that unless the Spaniard cracked he would need to finish with two birdies himself .
12 ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison .
13 NICK FALDO knows that but for his Saturday stumble he would have waltzed away with the US PGA title yesterday here at Bellerive .
14 Mr Cooney said there were areas of the fire service in Cleveland where there was still work to be done and added he would like to see a new fire station in central Middlesbrough .
15 He says he would have liked it to continue this way .
16 He says he would have thought that a programme which attracts such high viewing and media attention would have sought the appropriate legal advice .
17 He says he would have burnt it if he could have afforded to buy it .
18 He says he would like to see it in another twenty five years time .
19 Frank Judd chairman of Oxfam says he would like to see a number of new developments in the Cambodian situation .
20 DES WALKER … has settled well and says he would like to spend the rest of his footballing life in Italy
21 Picon says he would like to hire more , plus another curator if he can raise the funds .
22 He says he would like to marry .
23 Well , he says he would like to meet you .
24 He says he would like to meet you all . "
25 He is not optimistic about his chances of getting another job in electronics and says he would consider doing something else .
26 Paul says he 'd like to go on and run in 12 and 24 hour events .
27 Overall , he says he 'd like to see grammar schools play a greater role in the current debate about selection .
28 Roy says he 'd like to blow a raspberry at its decision , but for the time being he 'll abide by its ruling .
29 Adam says he 'd like to become a Grand Master .
30 It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day .
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