Example sentences of "[noun] would [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seated himself in a chair and Emily paused for a moment , she could hardly ask the maid to bring the girl into the drawing-room where Spencer would be listening to every word . |
| 2 | He said the Irish side would be looking for progress on this issue . |
| 3 | Fourth September — news at Brigade H.Q that the Brigade would be returning to England on the 6th September to reorganise and prepare to be sent to the Far East and continue the war against the Japanese . |
| 4 | Labour would be acquiescing in a ‘ democratic outrage ’ if it continued arguing that , because the Conservatives had got away with being undemocratic for so long , it was now Labour 's turn . |
| 5 | First of all nursery schools would be dealing with the County Council on a different basis from the vast of , of the schools population and that will give rise to anomalies and complications which would be undesirous and secondly there might be problems particularly if they are considering expanding nursery provision between nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools . |
| 6 | Yet if the crackdown on the Press which is being demanded goes ahead , journalists would be working with both hands tied behind their backs — as opposed to the one-hand handicap they are forced to suffer at the moment . |
| 7 | Veronica would be working on something to go with the brown shoes and the cardigan . |
| 8 | The car would be coming at eight . |
| 9 | He told me he used to catch the train from Penn Station , New York , get off it at a station called Back Bay where a car would be waiting for him . |
| 10 | The Jews would be waiting for him by now . |
| 11 | I 'd get a phone call from his secretary and then a limousine would be waiting for me down the lane . |
| 12 | Thus similar cars from WG would be £1,200 cheaper than the UK-made car , and UK cars would be selling for DM39,600 in WG , i.e. DM3,600 dearer than the equivalent car made in WG ( year 2a ) . |
| 13 | Numerically , Miliutin wrote , Russia 's forces looked strong , but it was doubtful whether they could withstand the fresh and well-organized armies which the enemy would be putting into the field against them . |
| 14 | Now all three drivers would be zooming around Gloucestershire 's roads . |
| 15 | Ken would be starring in the play opposite Dame Edith Evans , who was admittedly close to the end of her remarkable career and had n't yet lived down that famous interpretation of hers in the film of The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 16 | During the theatre festival , the author liked to take early-morning walks , and every day when he left his hotel Dustin would be waiting for him . |
| 17 | It was on this date personnel involved learned that an unidentified aircraft carrier would be anchoring at Greenock where the Spitfires would be loaded on board . |
| 18 | But in this programme you 'll appreciate this planned months , its planned , when did I first contact you ? , oh February was n't it , right , so we thought we 'd have pictures here and Sue would be talking in front of the pictures . |
| 19 | Behbehanian was to write to all foreign banks that held the Shahs funds to inform then that form no on His Imperial Majesty would be dealing with them direct and the He Muhammad Behbehanian , would no longer be acting on the Shah 's behalf . |
| 20 | She glanced about the hall , hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her , but there was no sign of Sharpe , nor of any of the Prince of Orange 's staff . |
| 21 | Because he had he used to have a big open fire there and all the kids would be sitting round it keeping warm while he was mending the shoes . |
| 22 | My mother would probably be the nearest one to it er sat at the corner near the fire and all the kids would be sitting round the table doing something you know . |
| 23 | So I asked him if the task force would be going to the Gulf ; how many people were involved ; and what experience they had . |
| 24 | Now would be her favoured time , now when the brothers would be gathering in the church for Compline . |
| 25 | It was today that her mother and two brothers would be arriving in Little Kirkton . |
| 26 | But even if American consumers were exactly like their British counterparts , Brooks Brothers would be heading for a fall . |
| 27 | England defeated Poland 1-0 , Roger Hunt the goalscorer and the tenacious manner of that victory persuaded us that the possibilities were immense ; of that team , only Jimmy Greaves would be missing from the World Cup Final . |
| 28 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 29 | Was it possible , he wondered , that by breakfast time the two youngsters would be reporting to him that they were in love ? |
| 30 | Mrs Lemass made it clear where she stood by using a press conference in London at the launch of the sixth BDA week in October 1987 , for announcing that her committee would be calling on the European Parliament , the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to waive all opposition to the use of sign language and to demand official recognition within the EC . |