Example sentences of "he would [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every spring he would hire a small bus to take the older children to the foothills of the Apennines . |
| 2 | Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail . |
| 3 | Dodd 's mother said : ‘ I wish he would choose a lethal injection . ’ |
| 4 | He can watch his Spanish league champions in the same dispassionate way that he would watch a Bulgarian second division match . |
| 5 | Flora , unwisely , told her class he would wear a purple robe and a great cross round his neck and a huge ring like a winegum . |
| 6 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 7 | The Labour leader pledged that he would devise a new radical strategy to tackle injustice in Britain . |
| 8 | Thus , A. Smith may vote for , or lobby , Senator D. Ricardo to pass a bill reducing the income tax , since he would prefer a lower tax rate with the lower associated level of public goods . |
| 9 | He would prefer a seven day delay between the file examination and the final meeting to ensure that any points raised are dealt with in a more relaxed fashion and at whatever depth the JMU wishes . |
| 10 | Mr Yeltsin said that by December he would present a new law on forming a government that would have cancelled his special powers . |
| 11 | He calls Mr Forsyth a ‘ clever wee chiel ’ ( child ) , and as one raised in a hard debating school says he would relish a public debate with the Scottish Office Minister and the other candidates . |
| 12 | Perhaps for tomorrow he would prepare a true aioli de morue . |
| 13 | He would walk a long distance out to some pub , often the Malcolm Arms at Anton 's Gowt , and have lunch in the bar on beer and bread and cheese . |
| 14 | The President also announced that he would form a transitional government of " national union " as early as January 1991 , which would seek to " strengthen state machinery " and " devote itself to restoring the ethics of the civil service . " |
| 15 | The former Soviet Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky , who emigrated to Israel in 1986 [ see pp. 34187-88 ] , announced on April 17 that he would form a political party to contest the June elections . |
| 16 | He said he would appoint a new ambassador to Moscow and new members to a team dealing with outstanding issues between the two countries to increase the emphasis on economic questions . |
| 17 | The Amir , Shaikh Isa bin Sulman al-Khalifa , announced on Dec. 16 , Bahrain 's national day , that he would appoint a consultative council of " elite and loyal men " [ see also p. 39164 ] to " contribute in giving advice and opinion , based on the Islamic tradition of consultation " . |
| 18 | He welcomed Father Gallagher once again in the diocese , confident that he would give a stimulating and informative day . |
| 19 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 20 | Caedwalla attempted , according to Bede , to exterminate the natives and replace them with inhabitants of his own kingdom , vowing , though still a pagan , that he would give a fourth part of the island and the booty seized to the Church if he were successful . |
| 21 | Sheriff Roger Craik , QC , who described the fatality as a highly tragic accident , said he would give a formal determination in writing . |
| 22 | Thus he would build a Christian church in one part of the city and , in another , erect statues of the Mother Goddess Cybele and of Sol Invictus , the sun god — the latter being in his own likeness , with his features . |
| 23 | Than he would pay a qualified man . |
| 24 | for fear that he would start a separatist movement in the south — there was some point to his suggestions that Bao Dai should be better advertised ; that he should have an American adviser and that American technicians should give the Vietnamese government a ‘ new look ’ . |
| 25 | The statement was vague on military issues ; despite expectations that he would announce a detailed plan for military reform , Chuan merely promised to " improve the structure of the armed forces " . |
| 26 | In November 1958 he told the Western powers that they must leave Berlin within six months and make it a ‘ free city ’ , or he would sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany . |
| 27 | Port Vale 's John Rudge emerged last night as a possible successor to Dennis Rofe , while caretaker-manager Allison made it clear he would want a good back-up team if he is to resume a managerial career that ended in 1984 . |
| 28 | On his return home he would eat a large English breakfast and , before starting on his work , would play a hand or two of patience and begin The Times crossword . |
| 29 | He would ply a wealthy traveller with drink until he was besozzled , and then lead the unfortunate traveller up to his best room . |
| 30 | Mr Patten said he would welcome a management-employee buy-out bid for both . |