Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pers pn] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , but again , you know , I would throw mine away . |
| 2 | The poor little thing ’ , and he would laugh , and sometimes he would skin it himself and sometimes he would throw it away , but now she says , ‘ I am not going to skin that rabbit , Hywel , so do n't imagine I am ’ , and sometimes he skins it himself and sometimes he throws it away . |
| 3 | He walked with a stick , but sometimes he would throw it away and skip . |
| 4 | Stonehenge was for sale : The government could have it for £125000 ; failing that , Sir Edmund was open to offers , from a showman perhaps , or an advertising contractor ( ’ The Pear 's Soap Stone ’ ? ) , or an American who would ship it away to the United States . |
| 5 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 6 | The clamour of her heartbeat filled the silence between them , as she struggled to find the words that would send him away forever . |
| 7 | On our way home I explained to her that if her father discovered she had visited Wuthering Heights , he would perhaps be so angry with me that he would send me away . |
| 8 | ‘ And if you did , Mr Brocklehurst would send you away from school , and your relations would be upset . |
| 9 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 10 | She did not fear the rats ; a certain set of mind would keep them away from her in small furry terror , and as for the police-gangs , she could be awake and away before ever they reached her . |
| 11 | She knew it would keep him away from home even more than usual , and wondered what Elaine thought about that . |
| 12 | Nothing would keep him away from her now . |
| 13 | On the day she died , I vowed that whatever happened , I would keep you away from them . |
| 14 | would wash you away . |
| 15 | He just looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away , ’ George finished . |
| 16 | He 'd just go himmaahimmahimm , and it would blow you away . |
| 17 | The next gust of wind would blow it away . |
| 18 | Oliver was led away to be locked up , and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work . |
| 19 | It would take him away to a nice , warm mental hospital , where nice men would inject large quantities of Largactil up his bum . |
| 20 | ‘ I was hoping Norman ( Mr Prescott ) would take him away . |
| 21 | Although she knew no amount of imagination would take her away from this prison , for fleeting moments she did manage to escape into her book . |
| 22 | She felt very sorry for herself , if her mother new what an awful school she 'd come to she would take her away at once , Miss Winter too would be horrified . |
| 23 | I feel my present responsibilities are as much as I want to cope with and , from now on , promotion would take me away from teaching children . |
| 24 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 25 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 26 | The Linnets are desperate for a win which would drag them away from the lower reaches of the table , and Kettering 's record of only two points from their opening eight away games suggests a home win . |
| 27 | One slip , and it would sweep you away without a murmur or a cry . |
| 28 | After that I would shower them away , and peering over my side — all in my mind — would watch them being swept down a hillside in a cleansing torrent of water . |
| 29 | If anyone came near , Ranald would wave them away . |
| 30 | Her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders as if she would push him away , and for some reason she could n't seem to relax them . |