Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 2 | She simply clutched her head and closed her eyes , trying to stop the room spinning in front of her — knowing that if she moved she would be violently sick . |
| 3 | He also told Miss Slater , then 25 , that he had set up an electrical circuit to the box and if she moved she would be electrocuted . |
| 4 | She doubted she would be quick enough to retreat to the top floor if that happened . |
| 5 | Although the polls give him the lowest performance rating of any post-war leader , Mr Major doubted there would be a challenge this year . |
| 6 | They were later released after their commanders promised there would be no further incidents , said duty officer Paulino Cardoso . |
| 7 | He promised there would be no compulsory redundancies . |
| 8 | And you promised there would be holidays . ’ |
| 9 | Someone , I thought dimly , was waiting to see if I moved : and if I moved there would be a third thud and my heart would stop . |
| 10 | The train would be too long for the platform ; as it approached there would be frantic snatchings and shrieks … |
| 11 | From time immemorial it was a commonly held belief in Gaelic Scotland that where a disease occurred there would be found growing in the locality of its prevalence a plant which would cure that disease . |
| 12 | EP : One possible school would be weekly boarding — if you visited there would be no guarantee . |
| 13 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |
| 14 | Acknowledging that yesterday 's inflation figure of 7.6 per cent was ‘ far too high ’ for a Conservative government , she promised it would be brought down again . |
| 15 | He signed the despatch with his name and rank , then handed it to Blasendorf who promised it would be delivered as swiftly as his horses could cross country . |
| 16 | She and her husband never doubted it would be a girl . |
| 17 | But Russia 's UN ambassador Yuli Vorontsov said after meeting Yugoslav president Dobrica Cosic that Friday 's UN session of security council foreign ministers could be delayed until May 25 , but he doubted it would be this month . |
| 18 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 19 | All that had happened was that her safe shell was broken and if it ever healed it would be filled inside with sadness . |
| 20 | I know , dearest , that you could take a holiday this summer — You mentioned it would be possible . |
| 21 | When a Russian sub surfaced it would be paint-bombed by US helicopters : ‘ From the colours they could then track each submarine on their satellites . ’ |
| 22 | I never really believed I would be acquitted , although I am innocent . ’ |
| 23 | I believed I would be OK . |
| 24 | I never felt jealous either , never believed I would be . |
| 25 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 26 | I admit I should have left a message , but I assumed I would be seeing you shortly , and — hell , I never expected you to mind . |
| 27 | If he imagined she would be disgusted by the idea he was wrong . |
| 28 | Leeds have now dropped to 40-1 outsiders to retain the title and manager Howard Wilkinson admitted morosely : ‘ At the start of the season I never imagined we would be in a situation like this going into Christmas . |
| 29 | Our fourth child had been born 10 years previously and I do n't expect anyone believed there would be any more , but my wife and I thought we were getting too old too quickly , so we would have another two ; and on November 5 that year my wife went down to the bonfire which was already alight and saw on top of it a dropside cot she had been keeping , and which had served the four children , a relatively new carricot , and other items of that sort . |
| 30 | Mr Michael Howard , the Housing Minister , said that the rent guidelines , published yesterday , assumed there would be a national increase of 10 per cent in gross rent income . |