Example sentences of "he would [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing to him would do no good , she knew that before that idea could land . |
| 2 | He would chase down green horses and harness-break them , then Mr. Mendez would buy what he wanted and Russell and two White Mountain Apaches who rode for him would deliver the horses to Delgado 's or one of the other relay stations on the way south to Benson . |
| 3 | Choosing him would soften the third-world grumble that the UN was becoming an American puppet . |
| 4 | Les , finally reunited with his beloved dog , was especially moved that no one who had helped to care for him would accept the £50 award . |
| 5 | To really know him would take a lifetime . |
| 6 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 7 | He was several steps ahead of her all the time and outwitting him would need a genius , and that she was n't . |
| 8 | Later he would design a window for the new cathedral . |
| 9 | Later he would design a window for the new cathedral . |
| 10 | Mobutu remained head of state , but Tshisekedi insisted that he would control the army and that no special area of power would be reserved for the President . |
| 11 | Every spring he would hire a small bus to take the older children to the foothills of the Apennines . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Fielding promised , he would hire the loft or the studio and line up the auditioning for the bit parts — the waiters , the dancers , the gangsters . |
| 13 | He would show the Catholic that the Church is nothing without the Word spoken in the crucifixion . |
| 14 | He would show the Protestant that the Church , with its order , and structure , and mission , is a necessary part of the Word spoken in the crucifixion . |
| 15 | All that programme needed now was a suitable label , and Johnson found it : he would create a " Great Society " . |
| 16 | Keating , who crushed the pro-monarchy conservative opposition in national polls last Saturday , said he would create a panel of eminent Australians to study how the country could become a republic by 2001 . |
| 17 | On those occasions when he had felt the need to demonstrate his power to management , he would create an instant departmental dispute which always had the immediate effect of lowering that day 's efficiency to below fifty per cent . |
| 18 | With great relish he would recount the story of how he had surprised Branson one morning outside his house in Denbigh Terrace . |
| 19 | How glorious seemed the morrow , Auguste thought , when he could resume his holiday ; tomorrow , after supervising a light luncheon , he would escort the delectable Araminta to the band concert of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry . |
| 20 | He would dress the part , even though he wore a cloak or hood . |
| 21 | Then Mr Vulcan returned from London as he said he would to arrange the funeral . |
| 22 | In the autumn of 1985 , Peter Walker , Secretary of State for Energy , had taken to making the following joke in after-lunch speeches : he would quote the Duke of Wellington 's reaction to his first Cabinet meeting as Prime Minister : ‘ An extraordinary affair . |
| 23 | One of them said he faced a possible ban from International footie ( playing for France I assume , and any matches the scum have in Europe — nyuk , nyuk ) , the other said he would face a ban from the game — AS A WHOLE . |
| 24 | Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail . |
| 25 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 26 | He said that there would be no time for a statement on the valleys initiative during Question Time and that he would place a copy of his speech in the Commons Library . |
| 27 | He then shouted that he would burn the place down . ’ |
| 28 | She had half expected that he would deflect the question . |
| 29 | Shackel became indignant and said he would fetch a magistrate and complain about the Chief Constable 's attitude , which he did . |
| 30 | Fortunately other workers were near enough to restrain Uncle Fred before he had time to carry out his threat , with the result that a badly shaken farmer went off into the farmhouse , saying that he would fetch the police in the morning — no telephones in those days . |