Example sentences of "would [verb] she [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I hoped he 'd leave her in peace but he knows when he 's on to a good thing . ’
2 I 'd wrap her in security and never cause her pain .
3 No , surely he would swear her to secrecy — if he really did agree in the end to Miguel 's request .
4 He would see her at school soon enough .
5 Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed .
6 Maybe , thought the seal , who could feel the full warm muscles of Ocean drawing her south , maybe the shock of real heat would startle her into joy .
7 She should also be at school , and Noreen threatened to send her back to Uncle Michael who would take her to school every day , if she did n't stop going on about coming to the theatre .
8 If she ever believed that of him , she would weaken , give in to the powerful attraction , and then she would have to admit there were emotions behind that attraction , emotions that would lead her into heartbreak .
9 The syn-skin would protect her against poison gas or flame or the flash of explosions ; it would boost her already-honed nervous system and her already-notable vigour .
10 Young Lisa Hammond 's survival depended on an operation that would leave her in pain and unable to move for six months .
11 The thought of a day , let alone months , spent on board a narrow boat would fill her with horror .
12 Her beauty had been something which had filled even herself with wonder ; sometimes in the privacy of her own room she would gaze at some part of herself , at a hand , say , or a breast , and the perfection of its shape would fill her with joy , as if it were not a part of herself but some natural object of beauty .
13 Miss Phoebe gave her head a slight shake , holding on to the arms of her chair as if it would save her from drowning .
14 Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience .
15 I almost wondered if she was afraid that daylight would turn her into dust .
16 He would find her under sedation — a bit dopey and drowsy , and still in a state of some disorientation and shock .
17 The next time Eleanor rang him he would ask her to tea .
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