Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During negotiations Iraq proposed that it would recognize all of Kuwait 's land borders in return for full rights to Warba island and the lease of half of Bubiyan . |
| 2 | He then shouted that he would burn the place down . ’ |
| 3 | He said that he and two other members of staff tried to restrain Mr Dodd who shouted that he would kill Mr Maguire . |
| 4 | The EPA and FDA , together with the Department of Agriculture , promised that they would use both reports " as a basis for formulating the legislative and regulatory policies needed to put the Administration 's principles [ for cutting pesticide use ] into effect " . |
| 5 | Several of his perfumes seemed promising and in the end she took away samples in three small bottles and promised that she would return when she had tried them out . |
| 6 | In response the health secretary , Virginia Bottomley , promised that she would consider new legislation on compulsory supervision and treatment of mentally ill people in the community . |
| 7 | Alf Morris , the Labour Party 's spokesman for the disabled , promised that it would increase pensions above the rate of inflation . |
| 8 | He promised that He would build his church . |
| 9 | On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections . |
| 10 | But Mr Chirac promised that he would give his full support to the government , expressing criticism only in private to Mr Balladur . |
| 11 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |
| 12 | He denied opposition claims that he was a hardliner , however , and promised that he would take " a rational and reasonable approach " towards the current unrest , rather than employing " harsh measures " . |
| 13 | Mr and Mrs Jonesy apologised to Dad for their son 's behaviour and promised that he would get ‘ what 's comin' to 'im when we get 'ome ’ . |
| 14 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 15 | Odinga ridiculed the attempt and maintained that he would continue as chairman . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 17 | Critics of the programme , who were numerous in the USA as well as in the Soviet Union , maintained that it would violate the ABM treaty and therefore undermine the whole concept of deterrence by allowing a first strike to be delivered from behind a space ‘ shield ’ which would prevent or at least reduce the risk of retaliation . |
| 18 | He nevertheless maintained that it would have been irresponsible of him to have gone forward without warning colleagues of his reservations . |
| 19 | The star , who is 55 today , joked that he would treat wife Jenni to the slap-up meal . |
| 20 | To my inexperienced eyes she seemed still to be floating far too high in the water , and I doubted that we would get away before sunset . |
| 21 | If he 'd broken her arm , she doubted that it would have altered his tone or his attitude in any way . |
| 22 | Fortunately the rain held off , but walking with Ven , his knowledge of the area seemingly limitless , Fabia doubted that it would have bothered her all that much had the heavens opened . |
| 23 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 24 | There were those who doubted that he would win even one major title . |
| 25 | Ruth doubted that anything would dim her stepmother 's exuberance for long . |
| 26 | One or two mentioned that they would look forward to the course and that if they were not going to an ATB event they would be out anyway . |
| 27 | ‘ You mentioned that you would like to continue working during your pregnancy . ’ |
| 28 | " Mr. Osborne stated that he and Mr. Stewart met as requested by the last meeting and made a selection of Thirty-six Books a list of which he had now pleasure of laying before the Meeting for their approval , but the Meeting found that they would need to curtail the list to Twentythree so as not to exceed the ammount of two pounds . " |
| 29 | So it was not surprising that George found that nobody would accept the dangerously exposed position of Prime Minister and that Pitt was indispensable even though he had no majority in the Commons . |
| 30 | In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment . |