Example sentences of "he would do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd do better counselling other people . |
| 2 | That 's right and they 'd do into the wheat and they 'd on they 'd smoothed off , one man 'd had a big sack there , they hold her in , they had this one they build one in , he 'd go one in , he 'd go one and he 'd go one , four , four bushels of the corn and they used to tow it up , heave it out on the scale and they used to have a little old hand basin like that , with a handle on , take a little out or put a little in , and then them men down the hold , them ones , then he 'd do so many on the left and they 'd change over , he 'd do that way . |
| 3 | He 'd do bloody ironing ! |
| 4 | To well they used to call what they call them a labour man you know he 'd do any sort of work . |
| 5 | ‘ True , ’ the Friar said , ‘ that is certainly possible , but a wise man 's life is to a large extent a commerce in probabilities , if he were to deal in possibilities he would do little trade . |
| 6 | He would do many things to keep her happy , but sex was not one of them . |
| 7 | So the actor told the agent he would do brilliant bird impressions . |
| 8 | One day , or night , he would do that walk again , retrace his steps for the sake of nostalgia . |
| 9 | And of course I do n't think he would do any good at it , his quite a quite , shy . |
| 10 | She could n't stop thinking about Gesner ; every moment of her life when she was n't working she was thinking of him , reliving what he had said , what he had done , how he had kissed her , what he would do next time . |
| 11 | Erm , we are today , going to do the Black Sheep of the Family , erm , because erm , erm , does n't feel that he he 's up to doing the one that he thought he would do this week . |
| 12 | Lord Salisbury , who had a poor opinion of Clarke 's abilities ( as had Halsbury ) , wrote in much perplexity to the Lord Chancellor but saying that the Rolls should be offered to Clarke ‘ on party grounds ’ because he would do less harm as a judge than as Attorney-General . |