Example sentences of "would [verb] him [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett felt refreshed though still wary , pleased that the previous day 's rainclouds had now disappeared and hoping that the Lord Bruce was still in Leith and would grant him an audience . |
| 2 | Mauve said no , he should get a bed : he would lend him the money . |
| 3 | ‘ No bank would lend him the money but Harry made it work . ’ |
| 4 | That is the good side of the Texan , the stuff that would make him an asset in countries , such as Britain or France , where the old political order needs a solid whack . |
| 5 | To leave his work , on the other hand , would earn him a clout across his ears from Davis and perhaps , even from the smith as well . |
| 6 | Ian WAS hoping the jump would earn him a place in the record books , but a spokesman for the Guinness Book of Records said there was n't a suitable category . |
| 7 | They had no idea that his old world manners and charm would win him the love of the most eligible divorcee in the land , the Princess Royal , Princess Anne . |
| 8 | His security status would guarantee him a priority flight on virtually any civil or military aircraft He could be out of the country in less than an hour , headed anywhere in the world . |
| 9 | Victory in the trial , with a score of 7,850 points , would guarantee him a place in Britain 's Olympic team and he feels he 's ready now . |
| 10 | But as an occasion it promised much , for Lester Piggott was idolized by the racing public and expectations were running high that Commanche Run would bring him the record . |
| 11 | ‘ To blacken Lothian would do him no service . |
| 12 | She shrugged , knowing the name would do him no good , since she would n't be born for another half a millennium . |
| 13 | It would do him no harm if it was known that his stepdaughter was attending a reputable and expensive crammer . |
| 14 | Perhaps he could get a doctor 's certificate , to say it would do him a damage . |
| 15 | ‘ And I think that someone would like to dance it with me , ’ she said , as Herman , lured by the smile , came across and with a ludicrous bow , asked Erika if she would do him the honour of the dance , Erika graciously accepting , to her delight leaving Fritz looking disconsolate and unhappy . |
| 16 | He wondered what the evening sky would be like and if Father Prior would send him a copy of the writings of Richard of Wallingford . |
| 17 | ‘ I would send him a script , but he never turned one down . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , he replied , if I would send him the postage . |
| 19 | Robinson said , deciding that talk about his farming , not unlike the farming itself , alas , would give him no advantage . |
| 20 | It was easy for Hardy to say Josh Cohen would give him no trouble , that the Jew would come through without a murmur . |
| 21 | Erm , er but er yes , so eighty thousand to er in equity portfolio , and that would give him a yield of maybe erm you know four percent , something like that after tax deducted , so er let's say erm say you know er say three thousand two hundred from that roughly , and |
| 22 | Victory would give him a second round match against veteran Australian doubles specialist John Fitzgerald , a wild card whose singles ranking has slumped to 293 through inactivity , or Belgian Bart Wuyts , who lost on his only previous Wimbledon appearance in 1991 . |
| 23 | She would give him a ball of string . |
| 24 | He treats her like this because he wanted to marry Nettie , Celie 's sister , but her father said he would give him a cow as a dowry if he married her instead . |
| 25 | This arrangement , cleverly yet quite simply managed , would give him a couple of hours to get on with what he desperately wanted to get on with : to climb into bed with Downes 's beautiful and doubtlessly over-sexed wife , Lucy , and get his bottom on the top sheet before his time ran out . |
| 26 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
| 27 | That would give him a chance to reduce tax on lower incomes , which are so discouraging to people caught in the poverty trap . |
| 28 | It seemed that the manager remembered it plainly , too , because as they entered the restaurant , he came from behind his desk like a bolted rabbit and , before Frau Nordern had time to speak , assured her that everything would be in order if only , his hands out wide , beseechingly , if only the gnädige Frau would give him a date . |
| 29 | One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss . |
| 30 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |