Example sentences of "would [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 2 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 3 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 4 | Just ge go anywhere sh I 'm sure she 'd entertain herself at the shops , she 'd be quite happy |
| 5 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |
| 6 | It had been a silly , spur-of-the-moment impulse to deny it , but by lying to him she 'd put herself in an invidious position . |
| 7 | Sometimes at night I 'd find myself beyond the souks in narrow lanes between windowless houses . |
| 8 | ‘ With one bound I would throw myself on the large white bearskin , which I adored , and cover its great head with kisses . ’ |
| 9 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 10 | What safety they offered was debatable , but if worst came to worst he would throw himself beneath a car , and deny the voiders the entertainment of his slow demise . |
| 11 | She would look all right and would throw herself into the dancing with undisciplined enthusiasm . |
| 12 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 13 | Sometimes , he knew , she would bruise herself with a rock to get morph-plus out of him . |
| 14 | He would lend himself to a deluge ; she would imagine water gushing into a basin . |
| 15 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 16 | He would treat himself to a seat in the front row . |
| 17 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 18 | The Soviets were cautious in character , not adventurous like Adolf had been ( could n't that change one wondered ? ) and , while the balance of terror continued , they would behave themselves to an extent . |
| 19 | Whenever he spoke , it would compose itself into a ghoulish grin . |
| 20 | ‘ I would describe myself as a Communist but other Socialist traditions are also important . ’ |
| 21 | Amitha : I suppose , if asked , I would describe myself as a Black Gujarati lesbian . |
| 22 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In my own terms , I would describe myself as a fanatic as far as bonsai goes ’ Cregagh Bonsai owner Stephen Whiteside surrounds himself with the love of his life . |
| 24 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 25 | He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman . |
| 26 | When the appointed hour approached and we could see the visitors massing outside the glass doors at the end of the ward , waiting for opening-time , I would bury myself in a book to hide my pink eyes ; but they would none the less be drawn irresistibly to watch the passage of each visitor along the aisle while I thought babyishly , " Somebody might think to come . " |
| 27 | She would confine herself to the final phase of Marie 's life . |
| 28 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 29 | Anytime after nine o'clock on the Friday evening I would lock myself into the office with typewriter , plenty of paper and a full bottle of Teacher 's Highland Cream . |
| 30 | Having been primed by Draper back in the hotel room on who played or produced what , Branson would present himself with a box of tapes and play just one track by each artist ; enough to whet the appetite , but not so much as to test his customer 's patience — or indeed Branson 's own musical knowledge . |