Example sentences of "[noun] that [pron] would [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her .
2 At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business .
3 Perhaps the knowledge that he would one day die actually gave the poet comfort .
4 He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again .
5 On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day …
6 His eyes did not leave the view as he said , ‘ Did you ever think when you were living in that flat in Manchester that you would one day own all this ? ’
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