Example sentences of "was [conj] [pron] would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point was that one would never know , now . |
| 2 | It says that it is the counsel of the witan determined upon as soon as Cnut and his witan established peace and friendship between Danes and English , and that one of the first things the witan decided was that they would zealously observe Edgar 's law and " investigate further at leisure what was necessary for the nation , as best they could " . |
| 3 | The moment that that was decided , however , the fear was that we would never hear anything again about the link between Stratford and King 's Cross . |
| 4 | The trouble was that she would never say , she would only look away and murmur vaguely , ‘ You decide … ’ |
| 5 | He was really loved , even for his eccentricity , which was that he would never allow alcohol in any form to come into our walls . |
| 6 | The latest report on Place 's condition was that he would certainly live , and they might be able to speak to him tomorrow . |
| 7 | The knock-on effect this had for me , which was quite important , was that I would otherwise have had an education slot for social policy issues . |
| 8 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 9 | The British intent when signing this was that it would finally deliver the free-trading and outward-looking ‘ home ’ market . |