Example sentences of "he would [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he 'd give a free-kick to us the Blackburn crowd would n't have complained . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think he 'd give a damn . ’ |
| 3 | I know that 's hard to believe , because you 'd think he 'd choose a wife who 's always well-dressed , competent at absolutely everything , and totally reliable . |
| 4 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 5 | And although Mr Knight admitted he 'd prefer a pint of bitter , he agreed that Drinkwise Day was an excellent idea . |
| 6 | ‘ He said he 'd stuff a mattress with it ! ’ whispered Gabriel hoarsely . |
| 7 | Probably the paper did n't even have wire service , and if it did , he 'd bet a dime that anything which had come in about the book 's author had simply been buried in the chaos then reigning in the newspaper office . |
| 8 | Ken tried to make friends if he thought he 'd upset a colleague whom he did respect or value . |
| 9 | Erm of Laurence Olivier , emphasized wro wrongly you know , when he was speaking certain parts into the if he thought the audience was flagging then he 'd speak a bit louder to you know |
| 10 | So , er he put me onto it , oh he said you 've got to go down , he 's missing you all , he 's , and he 'd love a bit of |
| 11 | Carver said he 'd love a cup and carefully chose a stool to perch on well away from the chairs round the table . |
| 12 | She did n't even wish he 'd break a leg . |
| 13 | He say , well I 've o I 've only got two and he 'd , he 'd break a Woodbine in half and they 'd have half each . |
| 14 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 15 | Father , when he used to , I 'd seen him years ago when he was a young man , he 'd do a sheep in five minutes . |
| 16 | Ivan was the real threat , and if only Adolf had the sense he 'd do a deal with Churchill , they 'd kick Neville into touch , and the pair of them would whip the Reds from here to Kingdom Come , or from arsehole to breakfast-time , whichever was the shorter route . |
| 17 | He 'd drink a dram with his friends . |
| 18 | Well , if the Oxford manager was granted any more wishes , then he 'd want a change a fortune . |
| 19 | so I thought right , she said to me he 'd want a bottle , so come like ten past eleven , he 's like whinging , he 's drunk all his milk , then went up and come down and eat all his dinner and his pudding |
| 20 | Cos he 'd want a cup of tea . |
| 21 | There might be a yachtsman come along and he 'd want a mooring , so he 'd say to my father , can you fix us up yes , get an old bit of chain and put round , put some wooden wed wedges in tighten 'em up , up , that 's his , that 's his mooring , he 'd take it somewhere in the river , have it dumped , put a buoy on it , that was , that 's like his anchor . |
| 22 | He looked as if he 'd make a Rottweiler pause for thought . |
| 23 | Fit and well he 'd make a lot of difference to the England side |
| 24 | Thought he 'd make a killing , you see ; a lot of money to be made from property development . ’ |
| 25 | They had thought he 'd split a kidney as well as fracturing an elbow and dislocating a shoulder . |
| 26 | Next year he 'd try a travellers ' group instead . |
| 27 | I thought he 'd find a way for himself in the end . |
| 28 | That the killer knew he 'd find a razor to hand ? ’ |
| 29 | If he was lucky he 'd find a cab there , though at this time of night they were n't frequent . |
| 30 | I 'd played at a club in Soho , even backed a few rock bands Lloyd had claimed to manage , and he 'd run a string of female mud wrestlers , mainly in the clip joint next door . |