Example sentences of "then [pron] would be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting should only set broad parameters for the worker , then there would be scope for genuine negotiation , with the parent 's real agreement . |
| 2 | If both conditions have been satisfied , then there would be cover for the contents belonging to both partners , subject to the adequacy of the sums insured . |
| 3 | In Couldery v. Bartrum ( 1881 ) 19 Ch.D. 394 at 400 , Jessel M.R. , discussing the rule in Pinnel 's Case and compositions with creditors , said ’ … as every debtor had not a stock of canary birds , or tomtits , or rubbish of that kind , to add to his dividend , it was felt desirable to bind the creditors in a sensible way by saying that , if they all agreed , there should be a consideration imported from the agreement constituting an addition to the dividend , so as to make the agreement no longer nudum pactum , but an agreement made for valuable consideration , then there would be satisfaction . |
| 4 | Then there would be silence , but from time to time I should receive a ‘ chit ’ from regimental HQ to say that all was well . |
| 5 | They would carve the world up into principalities and then there would be war again . |
| 6 | In the spring when the f the daffodils and and the snowdrops started coming , and then there 'd be bird 's nests and all the different flowers , the farmers would start sowing , cultivating , mares would have foals , they had the harvest . |
| 7 | I used to help with sticking the the er money onto the well this used to take about , you know , an hour all these kids did n't know what two pence was , did n't know what twenty pence was and ten pence and fifty pence and then we , they were in go about groups of seven and we get all this done then it would be assembly , then it 'll be games and then that 'll be it for the whole morning ! |
| 8 | Of course , it is possible to imagine evil-minded dictators abusing it to produce nightmares , but if it could be used to enhance our resistance to disease , or the survival of humanity depended on it , then it would be time to think again . |