Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun prp] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why he imagined Walter would have written to me I ca n't think . |
| 2 | Asked whether he believed Scotland would adopt a more attacking approach than England , he countered : ‘ Certainly , in the sense of developing quicker ball . |
| 3 | The auditors had carried out a specific investigation of the Gimco bills and with regard to recoverability , they had no more than an assurance from Gimco , an Abu Dhabi entity , that the bills would be honoured ‘ within three to four months or earlier when able ’ and an unsupported statement by G that he believed Gimco would pay . |
| 4 | If he believed Maureen would run things the way he wanted and her father might blunder into a union trap and have the paper shut down and he would have nowhere to publish his views , then he might have killed MacQuillan ? ’ |
| 5 | He believed Maureen would have mentioned such a story if she had heard one and he took the view that she had no proof whatsoever . |
| 6 | Probably Francis jumping the gun again ( remember him agreeing terms with Blackburn for the sale of Warhurst because he assumed Deane would join them ? ) |
| 7 | When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads . |
| 8 | He thought Dustin would understand the sufferings of Ben . |
| 9 | I expect it was one of these walks you know , and Ian found a stick and then he thought Tim would like one . |
| 10 | He thought Egan would beat him up when they met . |
| 11 | He knew William would know why , the thought of walking along that embankment , knowing what they knew . |
| 12 | And all the time he knew Cadalora would make his move on the last lap . |
| 13 | He wished the Colonel would go away , but he knew Ford would keep pestering until he received some reassurance . |
| 14 | He knew Carmella would have had a fit had she seen it . |
| 15 | He knew Marshka would destroy him as effortlessly and unthinkingly as shelling peas . |
| 16 | He said Ireland would play attacking , 15-man rugby . |
| 17 | He said Unprofor would send bulldozers and six dumper trucks loaded with gravel at first light today to plug the hole and clear the road . |
| 18 | He said Mitchell would appeal . |
| 19 | He said BR would have to consider the spending required . |
| 20 | He said Bioplan would replace a fence with a 3m high stone wall to shield homes next to the car park from the noise created by car doors slamming and engines being started . |
| 21 | He wished Lee would get out of his room . |
| 22 | He hoped Lee would leave his books alone and his notebook . |
| 23 | Thoughtfully , Miller sent a list of items he wanted ; taken out of the Flora Virginica , a book he supposed Bartram would have . |