Example sentences of "he would [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later he would design a window for the new cathedral . |
| 2 | Later he would design a window for the new cathedral . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Every spring he would hire a small bus to take the older children to the foothills of the Apennines . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He would show the Catholic that the Church is nothing without the Word spoken in the crucifixion . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | All that programme needed now was a suitable label , and Johnson found it : he would create a " Great Society " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | With great relish he would recount the story of how he had surprised Branson one morning outside his house in Denbigh Terrace . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He would dress the part , even though he wore a cloak or hood . |
| 14 | Then Mr Vulcan returned from London as he said he would to arrange the funeral . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Defence counsel , Michael Parroy , said because Jones was a magistrate , he would face a tough time in jail . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He then shouted that he would burn the place down . ’ |
| 21 | She had half expected that he would deflect the question . |
| 22 | Shackel became indignant and said he would fetch a magistrate and complain about the Chief Constable 's attitude , which he did . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She looked at Nails doubtfully , wishing he would choose a more restful bed than the floor of the garden shed at St Aloysius 's , but his expression did not encourage sympathy . |
| 25 | But if Kafka was really laying on the angst , he would choose a name synonymous with pain and defeat , a name like Frank Haffey . |
| 26 | Dodd 's mother said : ‘ I wish he would choose a lethal injection . ’ |
| 27 | For Gandhi , religion is equivalent to helping the helpless , and given the choice between ‘ counting beads or turning the wheel ’ , he would choose the wheel if it meant alleviating poverty and starvation . |
| 28 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 29 | There was just a tiny blot on her happiness , and that was the knowledge that one day this man would want to settle down , and when he did she felt sure he would choose the companion of his last four years , the pretty Victoria . |
| 30 | But the players were singing in it afterwards and Dowie managed to take a tenner off Bingham ; he had bet the manager he would score a goal . |