Example sentences of "would soon be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He concluded the scene by saying that we would soon be stopping at Newmarket , but that British owners should n't get off the train as they would find no races there . |
| 2 | Fr Morrow said he would soon be lodging the same application at Keighley County Court in Mr Bland 's home town . |
| 3 | The millions who would soon be looking for somewhere to spend their hard-earned break were his natural customers . |
| 4 | Derek Lamberth , vice-chairman of Essex education committee , said councillors would soon be discussing a consultation paper from the Government about the implications of the grading , along with other issues , such as truancy . |
| 5 | Rita Quick reported that the Teacher Training Course had reached the stage when the first intake of students would soon be completing their training and three had qualified in the examination last November . |
| 6 | I am sure that , if those on the Treasury Bench had been in local government , they would soon be facing surcharges for the abuse of public funds . |
| 7 | When he would return , the two would feel even closer than before the quarrel and they would soon be moving about the yard together , chatting away . |
| 8 | Although he was nine years old and would soon be moving up to the big school , Frankie was still frightened of the dark . |
| 9 | When asked how he was , he replied ‘ Almost well ’ meaning that he would soon be leaving his feeble body for an eternity of glory with Christ . |
| 10 | Twenty-two years of war had honed that skill to near perfection , and as a result a mother in France would soon be weeping . |
| 11 | Margaret Stanhope saw by the watch that never left his wrist that their unromantic interlude would soon be drawing to a close . |
| 12 | The day that would soon be drawing to its close had been one of the most wonderful he had experienced : the theft , the murder , the link between the theft and the murder — yes , all now known . |
| 13 | If Max knew about Modigliani 's private life then all Montparnasse would soon be seething with the story . |
| 14 | Spittals , like some demented bailiff , would soon be foreclosing on her debt . |
| 15 | Cheap electricity would soon be issuing forth from reactors fed by an inexhaustible resource — seawater . |
| 16 | But the train would soon be arriving and then they 'd |
| 17 | It was n't the sight of the dog itself that had driven her indoors , but the certainty that the police would soon be arriving . |
| 18 | About three kilometres before he reached Fontanellato each morning he began to sound the whistle on the engine to warn us that he would soon be arriving . |
| 19 | Only the realisation that he would soon be arriving at her door finally roused her from her misery , spurred her into action . |
| 20 | Tommie flew as cannoneer but not one German fighter came out to play and Roundtrip Jack landed with a disappointed crew only to learn from the Group Armament Officer that the new B-17G with a chin turret would soon be arriving and further plans for their 20mm conversion had been scrapped . |
| 21 | The result is that if a Japanese firm was systematically making investments using its earnings yield as a measure of the cost of capital , it would soon be making a loss . |
| 22 | This sign announced that The Victorian Fitted Kitchen Company would soon be opening there for business . |
| 23 | Miss Clinton had taken it away with the wheel still loose and would soon be driving northward over a narrow moorland road that a few miles beyond the road-bridge over the river wound along the shelf of a mountain with a sheer , dizzy drop on one side . |
| 24 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 25 | We tried to tell ourselves that it was all some terrible mistake , and that we would soon be returning home . |
| 26 | Today was her birthday and Jane and Lucinda would soon be coming ashore , bursting with news . |
| 27 | The wolf crawled along on a stomach , that would soon be digesting some meat |
| 28 | That famous cross of white neon would soon be glowing blue . |
| 29 | Annabel , who always excited more by her appearance than her standard of play , knew she would soon be going to the ball as Cinderella and she was only playing in the National Championships on a whim . |
| 30 | John told Anne that this was embarkation leave and he would soon be going to France but warned her not to mention it to anyone . |