Example sentences of "he would [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subconsciously , she must have sensed the potent effect he could have on her , an instinctive recognition of the dangerous power he would assume if once she had known his touch . |
| 2 | Huy imagined the rage he would feel if his son were killed . |
| 3 | It was only when the Finance Minister , Navarro Rubio , confronted Franco personally , impressed on him the absolute and urgent necessity of devaluing the peseta , and asked him how he would feel if ration cards had to be reintroduced , that Franco reluctantly gave in . |
| 4 | Pascoe felt as though he were seeing a moment from his future but could n't guess what he would feel when the moment arrived . |
| 5 | He would stop before he got tired . |
| 6 | In it he told me that the blood he had spilt over my traitor 's proposal — his own blood — was nothing to the blood of the traitors that he would shed if the Aten fell , and it was his lot to take vengeance . ’ |
| 7 | He knew he would do as Cohen had directed . |
| 8 | Except , of course , she could never — ever — tell them what that folly had led to — even if , looking back , she could now honestly say that she had done nothing to provoke it , that she could have expected anger from Havvie at her changing her mind , but never that he would do as he did . |
| 9 | If he protests his innocence , he is doing just what he would do if he were guilty . |
| 10 | Asked once what he would do if he knew he had six months to live , he replied : ‘ I 'd type faster . ’ |
| 11 | His philosophy of management was neatly summed up in his reply when asked what he would do if he were a referee , a prospect he likened to being ‘ thrown to the lions ’ : |
| 12 | He often wondered what he would do if he did manage to catch him . |
| 13 | Significantly , perhaps , he did not say what he would do if the scheme was rejected on economic grounds . |
| 14 | Roger White , senior tax partner at KPMG , says that it 's what he would do if he were Chancellor . |
| 15 | To a hushed court Dr Howe described what he would do if the court granted the application . |
| 16 | And as she stared , there was interposed on the fair skin face of a man , a thin man , and he was leering at her as if in triumph , as he would do if he were to get hold of this unusual-looking child , for he 'd make a pretty penny out of her , no matter what channel he sent her along , his nursery , the street , or the boat . |
| 17 | Later , in a casual conversation during the School , he was asked what he would do if , one night , one of the young female students happened to wander into his room by mistake . |
| 18 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 19 | Heinrich was thinking over all the implications of the last hour , and what he would do if he were correct . |
| 20 | His lips were moving quietly as he mouthed to himself what he would do if ever he had Corbett in his power . |
| 21 | It was what he would do if he caught her that worried her , Maria reflected drily . |
| 22 | What he would do if I were n't here to look after him , I 'm sure I do n't know . ’ |
| 23 | That is what the right hon. Gentleman has said that he would do if he were Prime Minister . |
| 24 | Well it was all about Derek 's attitudes to it and , and , and what he , what he would do if he found people with drugs at Haileybury . |
| 25 | Well he would do if he did n't have marks . |
| 26 | Asked recently what he would do when the war ended in Croatia , Arkan said he would sell his six captured tanks , hang up his combat fatigues and return to his ice cream parlour business in Belgrade . |
| 27 | Benn promised that the first thing he would do when returning home would be to go straight to see Michael Watson . |
| 28 | Stephen had no clear idea , no idea at all really , as to what he would do when he and the man encountered each other . |
| 29 | She did not wait to see what he would do when he reached her . |
| 30 | ‘ Quite right , sir , ’ thinking lovingly of what he would do when he was promoted Inspector . |