Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remained keen on jiving and would throw himself all over the place , hair wild and eyes sparkling . |
| 2 | Nor is it ‘ negative ’ to raise doubts about whether Mr Kinnock and his team would confine themselves even to these immodest proposals . |
| 3 | On Fridays and other fast-days he would lock himself up in the church for many hours . |
| 4 | Another source of worry was the baby girl that Panna , another of Chaman 's chelas , had adopted ; if ever it wheezed or coughed or refused its food , Panna would work herself up into an opera of agitation . |
| 5 | One yank and she had a feeling it would detach itself completely from the dashboard . |
| 6 | The only way to handle it was to ignore it and hope that at least some of the complications would sort themselves out on their own . |
| 7 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 8 | A punch would be delivered and Ricky , thinking this had ended the row would take himself off to bed only to find the next minute that Minton was emptying a bottle of water over him . |
| 9 | She would take herself out to lunch and do some shopping , look for those new lampshades that were needed for one of the spare rooms . |
| 10 | If one had a particle with an energy above what is called the Planck energy , ten million million million GeV ( 1 followed by nineteen zeros ) , its mass would be so concentrated that it would cut itself off from the rest of the universe and form a little black hole . |
| 11 | If you persisted in trying to talk to her , she would heave herself out of her chair and turn up the volume to a decibel level that made your ears ache . |
| 12 | If there was the slightest breeze from any direction the smoke would spread itself evenly between chimney and room in more or less equal proportions , which was why the once white walls had the appearance of very old ivory and the mounted fox heads , hunting trophies which hung on the walls , had a fine coating of brown dust , and their yellow eyes a slightly inebriated , glazed expression . |
| 13 | Most begin by asserting their commitment to democracy , yet few would commit themselves completely to the notion that if the people want to wallow in sin , they should be permitted to do so . |
| 14 | He had not yet abandoned the idea of finding a woman who would commit herself totally to him as a life partner . |
| 15 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
| 16 | Emecheta determined then that she would write herself out of her poverty . |
| 17 | And there would be a lot in it for China too : if it could help to pull all this off , it would establish itself firmly alongside America as the other power to be reckoned with in Asia . |
| 18 | When the weather was cold he would wrap himself up in a tabar , a big , black , woollen cloak . |
| 19 | If someone touched him from behind on a crowded Saturday night he would push himself back onto the anonymous hand , just like a cat would , without turning round to see who it was . |
| 20 | Continuing his journey westward he would find himself again in 1245 when he entered Provence and on arriving in France before Easter ( April 16 ) he would be once more in 1244 . |
| 21 | It was assumed , incorrectly as we now know , that water undertakers would concern themselves mainly with the technical feasibility of the proposal . |