Example sentences of "he would [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd do bloody ironing ! |
| 2 | He 'd make short work of her . |
| 3 | He just felt as if he 'd run full tilt into a brick wall . |
| 4 | The hospital says he 'd risk serious injury if he were to fall while using the legs . |
| 5 | Then he 'd write long letters to Richard , telling precisely how long the train journey took and describing colourfully the other people with whom he shared the carriage . |
| 6 | He 'd write lengthy letters to his accountant , stockbroker , bank etc , most of which I tried to convince him were quite unnecessary to do at that moment — if indeed at all . |
| 7 | He told me that if he were to return to Bangladesh he would face certain assassination by the Government , which wishes to keep the situation in Chittagong secret . |
| 8 | The Institute could attempt to set up such a figure , but he would face considerable difficulties . |
| 9 | On March 26 the state prosecutor announced that charges of treason against Honecker would not be brought for lack of evidence but that he would face lesser charges of corruption and abuse of power . |
| 10 | He would wear private clothes and say that he was a merchant from the Northern Capital . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) That no stay was to be imposed unless a defendant established on the balance of probabilities that , owing to the delay , he would suffer serious prejudice to the extent that no fair trial could be held , in that the continuation of the prosecution amounted to a misuse of the process of the court ; that , in assessing whether there was likely to be prejudice and if so whether it could properly be described as serious , the court should bear in mind the trial judge 's power at common law and under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to regulate the admissibility of evidence , the trial process itself which should ensure that all relevant factual issues arising from delay would be placed before the jury as part of the evidence for their consideration , and the judge 's powers to give appropriate directions before the jury considered their verdict ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's decision to stay the proceedings had been wrong , since such delay as there had been was not unjustifiable , the chances of prejudice were remote , the degree of potential prejudice was small , the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the police officer , there was no danger of the trial being unfair and in any event the case was not exceptional so as to justify the ruling ( post , p. 19B–E ) . |
| 12 | However , a move to Besiktas , where he would earn big money , would prolong his Liverpool connection , for they are coached by ex-Reds midfielder Gordon Milne , who has been highly successful since joining the club . |
| 13 | This was the last time he would don fancy dress , otherwise next year they 'd have him in doublet and hose , no doubt . |
| 14 | So the actor told the agent he would do brilliant bird impressions . |
| 15 | On other occasions he would relate long tales of his travels or burst into gypsy songs or ancient Danish ballads . |
| 16 | He stopped short of issuing a blanket backing for the Tories , saying he would vote Liberal Democrat in his own east London constituency because he still believed in proportional representation . |
| 17 | JOHANNESBURG ( Reuter ) — President FW de Klerk said yesterday that he would meet anti-apartheid churchmen — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu — next Wednesday , the first sign that he will live up to election promises of entering into talks with recognised black leaders . |
| 18 | He would meet American women of all kinds whose faces he imagined would reflect mixed nationalities , and he would tell them he was an actor who had performed before the Queen . |
| 19 | A visiting seyh , seeing his sad plight , comforted him by saying that he would achieve high rank and that his brothers would stand in his presence among the servants and slaves . |
| 20 | In other words , controlling as he did the nominations to all learned appointments in whichever of the areas he was then kazasker , he would urge young scholars to enter the relative dead end of the career of kasabat kadi and thereby prevent them from passing up through the ranks of medreses to become candidates for mevleviyets and thus rivals to his own position . |
| 21 | His efforts to destroy Therese had been purely instinctive : a fear of the star quality of her voice , a distaste for her appearance , the fact that he would appear foolish performing romantically with her . |
| 22 | He would pay particular tribute to Ernest Green , the General Secretary of the WEA , for his guidance and tenacity on behalf of the District , to Lionel Elvin and David Thomson not only for their unremitting service as District Treasurers but also for their personal support and wise counselling . |
| 23 | All three parties to the Bosnia talks attended the first meeting since the current round began two weeks ago and the Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegovic , said he would sign key documents in a peace package . |
| 24 | He would make occasional forays into the United States or films , but Lynn 's only real home was in Aldwych farces as part of the Travers team which ran triumphantly into the 1930s , and he stayed with them , creating and recreating the role of the silly ass forever working his way out of impossible situations , often armed with nothing more than the famous monocle , a daft grin , and an apparently inexhaustible ability to triumph over adversity by the sheer idiocy of his own imagination . |
| 25 | ‘ He would make tremendous efforts , like running to catch the last train back when I was two months old , and waking me up at 11 o'clock at night to spend time with me . |
| 26 | He would make disparaging remarks about her goose pimples . |
| 27 | Patten also announced that he would make extensive use of enhanced capping powers in 1991 . |
| 28 | Mr Hattersley , in Darlington to meet Labour 's northern candidates , said he would make extra police manpower a top priority . |
| 29 | In June 1960 he went so far as to write to Ashby himself — by then Sir Eric and the Master of Clare College , Cambridge — setting out the case and asking whether he would make personal representations to the Minister to secure unilateral treatment for the Eastern District . |
| 30 | He would make beautiful toys for me at work , smuggling the pieces out in his wooden case to be reassembled at home . |