Example sentences of "him and [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew then that I loved him and I would do anything for him , no matter what . |
| 2 | I agree with him and I would resign from the Conservative Party if it were anything else . |
| 3 | He thought he could simply invite her to sleep with him and she would obey like a lunatic . |
| 4 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |
| 5 | The Mold Crown Court jury also heard that children would share their school dinners with him and he would go looking for food in bins . |
| 6 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 7 | ‘ She desperately wanted to play the wife role and would spend an afternoon cooking a beautiful meal for him and he would arrive with an expensive bottle of wine and they 'd settle down for a cosy evening . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Browning would ask him and he would nod , but squeeze her hand and hang his head . |
| 9 | ‘ Another smile like the one you were giving him and he would have been fastening that ribbon himself . |
| 10 | Anyway , he always told himself that this would be the last time ; this time he would find some really good job in which he would get on really well and his talents would be appreciated and people would like him and he would surprise all his Tormentors , so there would be no reason to go through the whole fraught and sapping business of signing on again . |
| 11 | A waiter came to deal with the mess , and while he was kneeling there Sheridan said loudly that the waiter was sneering at him and he would get him fired . ’ |
| 12 | There was many 's a tramp that would have taken the A nine then but this one in particular and he was very very fond of him and he would ask when he was around to that he would get over to see him . |
| 13 | Although one would not say ( 14 ) , the corresponding negative sentence ( 15 ) is perfectly acceptable : ( 14 ) * I asked him and he would come . |
| 14 | She knew finally why she had stayed to suffer in this way , so she could explain to him and he would see . |
| 15 | He did understand , and told me to stay close to him and he would take me to the YWCA . |
| 16 | Already I was wishing I 'd never been to see Angy , even though I knew how much being estranged from his family had hurt him and it would mean a lot to him to get the ring back . ’ |
| 17 | It would be the best thing for him and it would give his family some peace . ’ |