Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write down a list of five things that you would want to achieve in that time . |
| 2 | Normally they would have waited until such time as the national ballot had been held and then they would have taken the appropriate action afterwards . |
| 3 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 4 | The village of Weston in which Leapor would have lived for some time was six miles north of Brackley . |
| 5 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |
| 6 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 7 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |