Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
| 2 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 3 | I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so . |
| 4 | Sergeant Potter would meet them at Swallow Hall with the pistols , Uncle Bean and Biddy would arrive at lunchtime with the horses . |
| 5 | A month ago , when Jim Bob and Fruitbat jokingly suggested that it might be vaguely amusing to tie in the , if you will , ‘ concept ’ of the album with a foreign press conference to promote it , they did n't think that the marketing johnnies at Chrysalis and EMI would take them at their word . |