Example sentences of "he would [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off . |
| 2 | Later he said : ‘ People who do n't know him would n't get the same impression at all . ’ |
| 3 | However , the realisation that he would eventually inherit the farm at Skiplam , when Maisie 's father was too old to run it , sweetened the pill . |
| 4 | He would become so uncomfortable that he would eventually leave the table and make some more coffee ! |
| 5 | That 's why I kept putting it off to go to the doctor to get help 'cos I thought that , with me having kids , he would automatically ring the social services and tell them . |
| 6 | Graham looked as though he would gladly kick the Old Man , Mike thought , beginning to enjoy himself . |
| 7 | Mr John Patten , a junior minister in the Home Office , assured the House that he would gladly amend the law if necessary , and added his own warning that schools and parents should continue to alert their children against the dangers and perversions of cults . |
| 8 | If so , and if I could attract his attention , he would surely bring the boat over for me . |
| 9 | I intended to say merely that we had done as he had instructed us in his letter , hoping that he would thereby confirm the letter as a matter of course . |
| 10 | He continued sending her letters in which he would religiously detail the fortunes of The Wedding Present and continually reaffirm his deep love for her . |
| 11 | Macnaghten J. dealt with the question whether the action is maintainable on the ground of the principle of Foakes v. Beer ( above , p.240 ) , to which I have referred , and he says : ‘ In the present case the jury , by their verdict , have found that on July 6 Mr. Kennard made an offer that if , on the following day , the plaintiff obtained the money and paid it into a bank at Eastbourne with instructions to remit it to the account of Stanley Evans & Co. at the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England , he would not serve the bankruptcy notice . |
| 12 | The plaintiff , by going to Eastbourne , obtaining the money , and remitting it in the manner suggested , made it a binding contract on the part of Mr. Kennard that he would not serve the bankruptcy notice . ’ |
| 13 | When Braidwood left the Institution in 1812 to go to the United States , Archibald Geikie was asked to assume direction of the school with his son as an assistant teacher , but he would not assume the responsibility , and resumed teaching Walter at home . |
| 14 | One Highlander was in a fix regarding his dog : he would not pay the fare for his collie ; the official threatened to take him — the dog — as a hostage ; Dugald warned him Prince would ‘ grip him ’ if he dared . |
| 15 | On 27 June Field Marshal Kesselring , whose headquarters were in Sant'Andrea Bagni , a village some fifteen kilometres from Fontanellato , said that he would not tolerate the partisans any more , and three days later he ordered two large-scale rastrellamenti . |
| 16 | Yet we consoled ourselves with what we took to be a furtive glint of triumph in Ranteallo 's eyes as he accepted our pig money , and swore to us that he would not burn the house down before we could make it back from filming the king 's burial in the death-cliffs . |
| 17 | Naturally he would stress the difference between phalanx and legion in a war between Macedonians and Romans ( 18.28 ) , but he would not present the war as a conflict between Macedonian monarchy and the Roman mixed constitution . |
| 18 | During the Occupation he had repeatedly declared that he would not anticipate the will of the French people . |
| 19 | He promised Draper and Berry that he would not stake the existence of Virgin on the airline . |
| 20 | Officials had indicated that he would not meet the delegation until after a final accord had been signed . |
| 21 | Pedro Collor stated in a television interview on the same day that he would not repeat the charges against his brother in court for lack of proof . |
| 22 | And then , raging at himself for his mistake , he would not give the ship up . |
| 23 | He would not rush the boy , he had to let him come to him . |
| 24 | ‘ The Secretary of State made it quite clear earlier in the year that he would not extend the deadline , ’ she said . |
| 25 | On the final day of an FLN central committee meeting on Jan. 25-28 , Mehri announced the collective resignation of the political bureau , reiterating that he would not recognize the HCS . |
| 26 | James was his brother 's obvious successor in both posts , but Archibald announced first that for the moment he would himself retain control of the Scottish survey and second that he would not sanction the holding of the Murchison chair by any survey geologist . |
| 27 | Just occasionally a lesser official might eschew them : Sir Edward Hoby , for instance , told Robert Cecil in 1599 that he would like an office in reversion , since this would give him something to do ; he would not exercise the post by deputy . |
| 28 | It exposed him to some influences that were thoroughly unhelpful , but as a matter of loyalty , and nothing else , he would not discard the people who , he believed , had been of help to him . |
| 29 | To Wilson 's embarrassment , he would not leave the subject alone . |
| 30 | Five doctors said that his condition was now so serious that he would not last the night : he was rushed to hospital , paralysed on his left side and in a deep coma . |