Example sentences of "would soon [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two or three of them who were on the main board solicited support from other board members ; they worked even harder to obtain commitment from the heads of the businesses , who would soon be board members .
2 Dorothea Wilms , minister for intra-German affairs , and Oscar Lafontaine , Social Democrat prime minister of the Saarland ventured to hope that there would soon be changes in East Germany despite the fact that its leader , had not shown the slightest inclination to budge during the 40th anniversary celebrations and talks with the Soviet president .
3 The sky was now getting fairly light , and it would soon be stand-to , so there would be no going back into the trench to get the head down again .
4 She could tell by the angle of the light that it would soon be sunset , and the prospect of being here in the dark appalled her .
5 Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed .
6 It would soon be time to commence hay-making in the Handley Farm pastures .
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