Example sentences of "he would [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was against all he believed in and yet some inner part of him would stop at nothing to attract Jeopardy 's notice . |
| 2 | ‘ Paint has a lovely smell , ent it ? ’ she 'd say , ‘ and a lovely feel , ’ and he would laugh at her soft , nonsensical way of talking . |
| 3 | We 've both become victims of Private Eye and I know that he would laugh at some of the things they 've said about me , and I 'd do the same to him . |
| 4 | He would laugh at any suggestion that the photocells might point away from the light , with their wires departing on the side nearest the light . |
| 5 | And give warning to Dacre that if he led a force into Scotland hereafter , as reputedly planned , he would suffer at his house of Gilsland . |
| 6 | He needed a place of quiet , a good library , and a chapel where the worship was Anglo-Catholic and he would feel at home . |
| 7 | He promised himself that he would devote at least as much attention to the father as to the son . |
| 8 | What he had already done at Bec and Caen , he would do at Canterbury : he rebuilt the cathedral church and monastic buildings ; he fought pertinaciously and successfully to defend the ancient properties of the cathedral church against the rapacious invading nobility , who scoured the land for what they could pick up ; he drew up a new code of monastic practice , and he introduced new men who would know how to implement it . |
| 9 | So how could he not be far more upset than he would admit at the thought of the gap it would leave in his life and the prospect of probably never seeing his father again ? |
| 10 | For half the year , he would sleep at The Kilns . |
| 11 | Probably , in his youth , some tone deaf colleague had told him that he possessed a good voice , ever since when , he would arise at every opportunity , usually by reluctant request , and then po-faced with hand on heart , would bellow ‘ Come into the garden Maude ’ , watched by a captive audience and a proud , watery-eyed wife . |
| 12 | The three men watched the animal snuffling among the elder and then , satisfied that he would nibble at the leaves , they left the stable and turned towards the house . |
| 13 | The Optional Procedure introduced on 24th September , 1985 , was anticipated as a dramatic departure from the traditional approach whereby a pursuer was compelled to spell out detailed relevant facts upon which he would rely at Proof . |
| 14 | Her father feared for her reason , and left the boat telling to his fellow fishermen he would remain at home that day . |
| 15 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 16 | At twenty-four weeks , Dr Greene had begun to make serial measurements of the foetal abdominal and head circumferences , which he would continue at two-week intervals . |
| 17 | But it was soon settled that he would stay at home only till Ruari was better . |
| 18 | My boyfriend said he would stay at home and be the househusband and look after the children and do co co , the cleaning and cooking if I stayed at work . |
| 19 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 20 | At Tangier , he would stay at an hotel nearby . ’ |
| 21 | He would appear at 6 a.m. in Addenbrooke 's Hospital to celebrate the sacrament as its honorary assistant chaplain . |
| 22 | on other occasions , he would appear at society functions wearing a chunky-knit pullover and a pair of slacks — in defiant protest over what he might have termed ‘ the folly of fashion ’ ( if he 'd said anything about it ) . |
| 23 | on other occasions , he would appear at society functions wearing a chunky-knit pullover and a pair of slacks — in defiant protest over what he might have termed ‘ the folly of fashion ’ ( if he 'd said anything about it ) . |
| 24 | Donaldson described him as having ‘ a slight figure , with a strong constitution ( only once was he seen to wear an overcoat ) … frank and plain spoken , occasionally even to roughness … no flatterer … somewhat impulsive and gifted with great shrewdness and common sense … he was a man of the highest integrity and independence , and so far from leading his clients into needless of extravagant outlay , he would demur at any expense beyond his employer 's means … |
| 25 | I knew that if I made the slightest false step he would leap at me . |
| 26 | Yet if there was the slightest chance of the offer being genuine , how he would leap at it ! |
| 27 | Time and time again he would stare at the ground , hand on hip , if he thought he had received a bad call , and then swallow his anger and play tennis . |
| 28 | It was a nightmare from which he would awaken at any moment . |
| 29 | ‘ If I missed a green light he would shout at me to go through anyway , ’ continues Ted . |
| 30 | Charles felt he would scream at another repetition of ‘ Not so fast , my proud beauty ! |