Example sentences of "would [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The young have become so puritanical , ’ Haverford would explain to his companion on the way home . |
| 2 | This would appeal to his sense of order , even if he should lose out financially . |
| 3 | When asked what caused his melancholy he would refer to his dread of getting old . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you been resting ? ’ he asked , his voice holding only the cool politeness a host would show to his guest . |
| 5 | Many concluded that he was trying to shift elsewhere the blame for the hugely unpopular currency confiscation , and they also noted the likely damage Pavlov 's comments would do to his government 's credibility in future dealings with foreign banks and companies , especially if the Soviet Union needed to reschedule its foreign debt in 1991 or 1992 , as many bankers feared . |
| 6 | But not if he had time to think what it would do to his career . ’ |
| 7 | It was not that each child was continually talking but every now and then a child would speak to his neighbour or another would leave his place quietly and walk over to another child to speak with him . |
| 8 | If the action continued , he argues , damage would result to his business or personal interests which would be irreparable and for which the subsequent payment of compensation would be an inadequate remedy . |
| 9 | ‘ Ada , ’ Aronson would insist to his landlady , ‘ you know what klug means . |
| 10 | Mr Shamir said he would stick to his promise not to make concessions to the Palestinians over the occupied territories . |
| 11 | agreed and accepted 's further comments and would report to his Division that these matters were under consideration by the National Education Committee . |
| 12 | Sooner or later , events would see to his recall . " |
| 13 | One man on his own could not hope to escape the pull of the marsh ; without help he would sink to his death . |
| 14 | By dusk , though , each day of dignity , Clary would return to his base and sit by the cathedral , with his inseparable friend for comfort — the ‘ funny stuff ’ . |
| 15 | Things would deteriorate rather quickly , for Alberto would return to his hotel in the evening with a sculpture eight to twelve inches tall under his arm and come back the next day with a piece no more than three or four inches high … |
| 16 | During the official opening ceremony one van driver who arrived at 10.35am was turned away by police and vowed angrily he would return to his warehouse for instructions . |
| 17 | His eyes would return to his book ; so virtuous , so innocent . |
| 18 | Following his meeting with Baker , Itzhak Shamir , Israel 's Prime Minister , announced that he would recommend to his Cabinet that Israel attend a Middle East peace conference in October . |
| 19 | That 's not an adjective the Villa manager would apply to his namesake in the team . |
| 20 | He loved her like a woman and he ran his hands lightly over her as if she would respond to his touch . |
| 21 | I told him it would lead to his death . |
| 22 | Tonight she had said nothing , so Frankie almost believed himself safe , yet he lived with the constant fear that one night she would make a horrible mistake and he would walk to his death in the inky shadows upstairs . |
| 23 | The royalties would go to his widow and daughter ? ’ |
| 24 | He would go to his evening reading in his most respectable suit and brazen it out . |
| 25 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 26 | In his only attempt at an authentic prophecy the author of Daniel — or at least of its second half — predicted that Antiochus IV would go to his death in a new war against Egypt — and more precisely " between the seas and the beauteous holy mountain " ( II.45 ) , that is , between the Mediterranean and Jerusalem . |
| 27 | That would automatically rule Senna out of the championship , even if he wins the final two races in Japan and Australia and the title would go to his team-mate , Alain Prost . |
| 28 | When he had finished his meal , when he had collected his guard from the hard chair by the entrance , then he would stride back to the Haifa Street Housing Project , and he would chew on the pistachio nuts that were loose in his trouser pocket , and he would write to his mother . |
| 29 | Perhaps a new young star would make his insistent mark on the golfing heavens ; or , more likely , one of the top dozen or so established golfers would add to his bank balance . |
| 30 | As the new man at Century wielding the new broom , he expected that decisions and policies would come to his desk . |