Example sentences of "[vb past] it would [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day on which 6,500 redundancy notices were delivered to army personnel , Grampian Enterprise confirmed it would not be renewing the grant when the 18-month contract runs out in March . |
| 2 | While reporting strong inquiry levels , he said orders were still quiet and warned it would not be possible for the European automated systems business to sustain its 1991 performance this year . |
| 3 | ‘ The Queen felt it would not be right for the duchess to stay at the main house , even though there is room , because of the marriage split . |
| 4 | As regards the Japanese islands , MacArthur felt it would not be practicable for the United States to keep bases after the signing of a peace treaty . |
| 5 | We felt it would not be good for poor , kind Sir Charles . |
| 6 | Although many people had no clear idea of what level of employment was ‘ full ’ , none the less they felt it would not be the level of employment of the '20s or '30s . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed , though while she felt it would not be right for her to question him about his employer , she could see no reason — since he must be aware of the contents of Ven Gajdusek 's desk diary — for not mentioning , ‘ I came here specifically to interview Mr Gajdusek last Friday , but — ’ |
| 8 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 9 | But she added that she feared it would not be possible to impose planning controls below the low-water mark , where the drilling rigs would be established . |
| 10 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 11 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 12 | She knew it would not be sensible to go anywhere quiet with him . |
| 13 | I knew it would n't be a wise move for me . |
| 14 | I appreciated I was taking on quite a responsibility — I knew it would n't be like having a budgie in a cage as a pet — but I felt I could cope . |
| 15 | But at least , they assured one another , this time they knew it would n't be some old alcoholic who would ‘ waste ’ all of their time in the Coronary Care Unit . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew it would n't be long before he went back to it . |
| 17 | I knew it would n't be much of a poem |
| 18 | She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special . |
| 19 | He knew it would n't be a good idea , you know . |
| 20 | No ; of course , he knew it would n't be . |
| 21 | I knew it would n't be cut and dried vs Man City so I was pleased with the result . |
| 22 | I knew it would n't be here this week you know I mean if they 've told her there 's another three to four weeks it 's unlikely that it was gon na be last weekend . |
| 23 | Well everyone has , everyone is entitled to vote and he also thinks that if the time is right when unmarried women were property and he thought it would n't be long before married women to hold property too , so he was also he wanted to reform the Married Women 's Property Act . |
| 24 | Well I thought it would n't be a bad idea to put some sort of clue on it . |
| 25 | She thought it would not be possible to talk about this to anyone — my burden and I must bear it , she had believed — but she found herself discussing it easily and naturally and very trustingly with Raynor . |
| 26 | ‘ We thought it would not be fair to raise Tracy 's hopes of getting compensation . |
| 27 | Now that she had met Silas Wilder , Lucy realised it would not be easy to persuade him to visit his stepmother , and once again she wondered why she had been stupid enough to have allowed herself to become involved in this situation . |
| 28 | The announcement was welcomed yesterday by Economy Minister Richard Needham , who said that Novotel was the first major international group attracted to Northern Ireland — but he expected it would not be the last . |
| 29 | She hoped it would not be too long before ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was itself producing material of this calibre . |
| 30 | He hoped it would not be too long before she was brave enough to leave the bar . |