Example sentences of "that would [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |
| 2 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 3 | Then I was slamming into Elk 's Club Surf , still sliding left , still fighting for balance , for everything and anything that would keep me upright . |
| 4 | Reluctant though he was to talk about it , he gave the main reason as ‘ it 's just the sort of job that would suit me really … helping people , that sort of thing ’ . |
| 5 | Let me put it poetically : in Danu I was a garden plant with roots in the soil that would sustain me indefinitely . |