Example sentences of "he would [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They earn in a year what he 'd pay a French worker in a month . |
| 2 | And then he 'd meet the boys and want to play football — he was mad about rugby football , he would play with a tin can if there was nothing else . |
| 3 | Erm that again had been rolled into balls and then he 'd have erm about a dozen sticks which which held these balls and stuck them in then after he 'd he 'd erm er thatched one erm length , one row , he 'd pull the string over and attach it to the the thick s er rope that was er going over the stack . |
| 4 | when when the when the blackbird would go in , he 'd pull the string . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think he 'd give a damn . ’ |
| 6 | He gives Rachel the blank stare he 'd give a truant officer . |
| 7 | ‘ If he 'd give a free-kick to us the Blackburn crowd would n't have complained . |
| 8 | But then , Colt liked fun , fun on his terms , and he 'd give the bastards a run . |
| 9 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 10 | I know that 's hard to believe , because you 'd think he 'd choose a wife who 's always well-dressed , competent at absolutely everything , and totally reliable . |
| 11 | Shannon had n't looked closely at what he was wearing , but it was a fair bet he 'd choose the kind of ski-clothes favoured in the jet-set resorts . |
| 12 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 13 | He 's more discerning , he 'd prefer a slow build-up , like him and me . |
| 14 | And although Mr Knight admitted he 'd prefer a pint of bitter , he agreed that Drinkwise Day was an excellent idea . |
| 15 | Moments later , the midwife appeared and suggested that Mark get into the delivery room or he 'd miss the birth . |
| 16 | Martinho was , as I learned later and surmised then , himself vulnerable — he had his uses , and therefore power and influence , but as soon as he became dispensable he 'd reap the consequences of any ill-considered actions , such as this . |
| 17 | Here he 'd smelt the air of England for the first time , the crisp October air ; here he 'd fed first , drunk first ; first had cause for laughter , and later , for tears . |
| 18 | So he 'd design a new one , and he 'd write to the guy at Quality Street and say look , I think , I 'm a graphic designer , I think your box is a load of rubbish , I 've designed this , will you pay me for it ? |
| 19 | He drank barley wine which is quite strong stuff and he 'd smoke a few joints as well , but to the best of my knowledge , he would n't touch any hard drugs at all . |
| 20 | He 'd fit the electrodes to my fingers , a band around my chest and a blood-pressure gauge to my left arm and then we 'd go at it , heat full up , windows closed , sweating like pigs because that was supposed to make the polygraph more accurate . |
| 21 | ‘ He said he 'd stuff a mattress with it ! ’ whispered Gabriel hoarsely . |
| 22 | Probably the paper did n't even have wire service , and if it did , he 'd bet a dime that anything which had come in about the book 's author had simply been buried in the chaos then reigning in the newspaper office . |
| 23 | Ken tried to make friends if he thought he 'd upset a colleague whom he did respect or value . |
| 24 | First thing in the morning he 'd unlock the doors , lock it up , he 'd been there long , hour before the men did . |
| 25 | He 'd feel a little bit of pity for his mother and the labrador he 'd owned at eight , awe at the dead pop stars and disgust at the lack of fashion and the bad music played for the occasion . |
| 26 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 27 | He 'd open the door , take a few sips , close the door and look for the principal in the toilet . |
| 28 | He 'd show the bitch . |
| 29 | The engineer would have headphones on while Keith was blasting away ; he 'd move the mic around until we found the right place , then he 'd bolt it in the stand where the speaker 's sweet spot was , and there it would stay . |
| 30 | ‘ I would ring him and he 'd answer the phone almost immediately . |