Example sentences of "she would [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without a murmur she would do as he bid . |
| 2 | Eva , who was more used to giving than receiving orders , determined she would do as he said . |
| 3 | Kate knew she would do as he suggested . |
| 4 | Because she had not the faintest idea what she would do if she were right . |
| 5 | But now he wanted to see what she would do if left to solve the problem herself . |
| 6 | Now , watching her , I thought that Fatima might , at this girl 's behest , change her life , her ways , and I wondered what she would do if she was hearing that she would find no husband , have no children , lose her life to Leviathan . |
| 7 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 8 | She was not sure what she would do if Lorimer refused to see her . |
| 9 | She did n't want to think too closely about what she would do if Luke opened the door , but the driver had left an old anorak on the passenger-seat and she slipped it on , pulling the hood up to cover her hair . |
| 10 | Jabbing violently forward , with no thought whatsoever of what she would do if she actually hit him , she did n't even notice where he was retreating until it was too late . |
| 11 | As she got into her car , she pushed away the worrying question of what she would do if she found evidence that implicated Veronica in the murder of Hugh Puddephat . |
| 12 | She had no idea what she would do if she should find him there . |
| 13 | What she would do if he tried to take her to bed . |
| 14 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 15 | His voice was pure seduction , drawing her deeper and deeper into the spell of passion , and she shook her head with a desperation born of fear — fear not of him but of what she would do if he continued this heady , drugging assault on her senses . |
| 16 | She said the girl discussed with her mother what she would do if something similar happened to her , before clamming up and denying she was a victim . |
| 17 | She 'd be very antagonistic when I was putting the jesses on , so the first thing she would do when I picked her up was pull at her feet and try to work herself loose . |
| 18 | She thought that the first thing she would do when she earned some money would be to buy a house or a caravan like they had in Turpin 's Field , so that whatever happened they could all be together , safe for ever and ever . |
| 19 | Firelight was conspicuously much less nervous , and when it came to the riding she did for Nails what she would do for none of the others , even Nutty . |
| 20 | A fantasy , but a lovely one , and one that she would miss when she went back home . |
| 21 | Triangle 123 indicates the loss that arises because individual A does not consume as much as she would choose if there were no need to compromise . |
| 22 | Several of his perfumes seemed promising and in the end she took away samples in three small bottles and promised that she would return when she had tried them out . |
| 23 | I imagined you let her go away with Steve because you … you thought she would finally get him out of her system , and you did say that you were certain she would return as you had something precious that Steve had n't got . |
| 24 | Fernando had said he was confident she would return because he had something precious that Steve had n't : was it a serious bank balance ? |
| 25 | You might have company , " Patrick panted. he knew that they had n't been followed , but he also knew that as soon as his mother discovered that he — that both of them — had gone , the first place she would head for would be Joe Hyde 's flat . |
| 26 | Mrs Singh said she would go if I came too but not otherwise . |
| 27 | He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action . |
| 28 | On these cassettes you will hear the voice of the hypnotherapist , who will help you to achieve the desired state , then give you the same suggestions that he or she would make if you were in the consulting room ; finally , the hypnotherapist will wake you up again . |
| 29 | Soon it would be the time for her evening drink : " Just the one , Gigi , do n't you think ? " she would croon when the old bird , freed from her cage , crawled up to crouch against her cheek . |
| 30 | But at this thought rage grasped her and shook her with red-hot hands , so that her eyes went dark and she found herself walking fast up the road , and then along another , and another , walking as though she would explode if she stopped . |