Example sentences of "then he would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he would think of the undertaker forcing that convoluted form into a cheap coffin and the lid being screwed on . |
| 2 | The letter was couched in terms which contrived to suggest that if it was not acceptable then he would think of something better . |
| 3 | Then he would stand and pee copiously on the trodden earth . |
| 4 | Then he would change people quite often when it did n't suit him to be with them any more . ’ |
| 5 | And then he would fold it very carefully and put it in an envelope and then slit the flap he 'd he 'd not seal the envelope . |
| 6 | If he could not posit an ancient line for his comital family , then he would choose to emphasize its newness , its local roots , its dependence on heroic deeds for its rise . |
| 7 | And er , then he would carry all your goods in , in , I used to think it was wonderful how he managed to pick them all up in his arms and he 'd walk round to the next counter where your other , you had your other dry goods you see , your tea and sugar and your fruit and er then it would all be totted up together . |
| 8 | And I knew what it was like to be tired and weary , but I knew that if I trusted in God and spent time with him then he would renew my strength and I could carry on . |
| 9 | Then he would make a pair of horns with his hands and step slowly backwards , and the closer he got to the bedside lamp the bigger the shadow grew , so that finally it outgrew the wall and spread across the ceiling and towered above him , a vast and terrible Demon . |
| 10 | But if he did he would see that it was in an old barn , and not at all legal , and then he would make her come home . |
| 11 | And then he would serve when when when the other was the Mr he trained under , was he one of the two older joiners on the island ? |
| 12 | Then he would pause and say , ‘ I 'm so glad we do n't have Prime Ministers like that today . ’ |
| 13 | She would tell him he had mistaken her for Dana and then he would leave . |
| 14 | Then he would leave me 5 feet short and 1 would miss . " |
| 15 | If things did n't improve , then he would set about the central-heating system . |
| 16 | She had thought then he would bring her into the shop , as he had herself , and trained her into the business , not only the confectionery and tobacconists , but the little factory across the yard where they made most of their boiled sweets and toffee . |
| 17 | Then he would place them on one of the old time boards which was er board about nine inches by nine inches and then hand that through the pigeon hole to the cashier and in front of him that cashier would laboriously count that money and agree the total there and then . |
| 18 | Then he would decide difficult lawsuits exactly as his integrity-minded brethren do . |
| 19 | When the messenger arrived to inform Drake of the possible invasion , the old sea dog announced he would finish his game of bowls , then he would finish off the Spanish . |
| 20 | Every now and then he would walk through Covent Garden fruit market towards the Aldwych to make sure that the theatre was still there . |
| 21 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 22 | Sometimes then he would wake and start to cry . |
| 23 | Then he would hold the phone out to me and say , loud enough for Donleavy to hear , ‘ Hey , it 's the spook . ’ ’ |
| 24 | Then he would go and piss in the gutter . |
| 25 | And then he would go back to work . |
| 26 | ‘ Then he would go out and meet those requirements . |
| 27 | If he were to discover the nature and the limits of this person he was — and , as time went by , stave off the timor mortis — fear of death — then he would go for the nerve and the bone , draw blood . |
| 28 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 29 | Then he would go in there , turn everything out of the cupboards , eat his fill , and leave the place looking like a herd of swine had trampled through it . |
| 30 | Then he would go downstairs and would put on the kettle ; at 7.15 he would be ready to leave the house . |