Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] he would " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone touched him from behind on a crowded Saturday night he would push himself back onto the anonymous hand , just like a cat would , without turning round to see who it was . |
| 2 | If Charles Dodgson had been alive during the Second World War he would have surely been recruited for Station X , not only for his mathematics but also for his amphigory . |
| 3 | Of the Imperial Camel Corps he would say that it comprised an aristocratic element among its officers and complete ruffians in the ranks ; all they had in common was a disdain for danger . |
| 4 | He was joking , of course , and when Knightshayes was opened privately under the National Gardens Scheme he would park his wheelchair at the top of the garden and watch the visitors coming along the terrace . |
| 5 | But had some student recited Quexos 's first Law of Drama to him this cold November night he would have nodded grimly , and said : all true , all true . |
| 6 | At his news conference , Mr Ashdown refused to be drawn on how many Cabinet seats he would seek in the event of a hung parliament . |
| 7 | If he bought compressed pellet hops he would have to use only half the amount compared to whole hops . |
| 8 | The spokesman also claimed that if Mr Smyth was really interested in improving community relations he would re-route all Orange and Black parades away from the Lower Ormeau . |
| 9 | But at 22 , can Kiefer Sutherland really be the stay-at-home family man he would have us believe ? |
| 10 | Serving 13 life sentences in Broadmoor , he told penpal Olive Curry he would start the project over the new year . |
| 11 | A brief calculation showed that if the client is entitled to severe disability premium he would be entitled to income support but could not sign a green form to give this initial advice or to act on the other matter . |
| 12 | Mr Karadzic warned Mr Major and UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali he would not be able to control his troops if Serb planes were shot down . |
| 13 | Had he not received immediate hospital treatment he would have died , ’ said the judge , at Norwich Crown Court . |
| 14 | At each ale house he would pause to sample the brew and give a speech promising shorter working hours , better pay , and free beer during his mayoralty . |
| 15 | ‘ His only shirt , blue and white check , was always spotless and though friends offered him clothes to replace his worn velvet suit he would not accept them . ’ |
| 16 | If he expected any other price level he would not be acting rationally since he would not be forming his expectation of the price level in line with the process determining it ; that is , the aggregate supply and demand process depicted in figure 4.4 . |
| 17 | Tom thought that once Willie had finished his final Reading Book he would n't want him to read to him any more , but Willie loved to sit back and listen to his voice and so the stories continued . |