Example sentences of "for the [noun] [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miners would then search the hush for the vein and would cut trenches in the hillside , herring-boning outwards from the hush to discover the direction in which the vein led into the hillside . |
| 2 | It was that in no way was I going to bring a coffin from Stoke-on-Trent to Llandderfel on the roof-rack of a Metro and that they were driving north for the weekend and would stop off and pick it up on the way home . |
| 3 | Frantically Brown scrabbled for the phone that would connect his with his Special Agent in Kensington . |
| 4 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 5 | She decided she would say it , noticed how her body rearranged itself for the tone that would come . |
| 6 | StorageTek says that it too had put some money up for the development and would have marketed the product even without buying the company — although the Viking was seen as a direct competitor to its own Iceberg , Viking is in fact a simpler device with fewer features . |
| 7 | The Poles stood with their capital at their backs while the Russians prepared for the assault that would end the war . |
| 8 | The week I was there the Stornoway Gazette had a page three article celebrating a fourth contract for the firm that would mean 120 jobs . |
| 9 | As well as the nastiness being endlessly stirred up by her mother , who whispered lies about him , saying he only wanted Sien for the posing and would drop her back in the gutter when he was done , there was Sien 's wretched pimp of a brother to contend with . |
| 10 | Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co-op . |
| 11 | Downstairs , Elsie Hogan , the bloom of youth scoured from her skeleton , lay waiting for the haemorrhage that would end it all . |
| 12 | The captain assembled with his fellows in the Dominican monastery next to the Palace , watching bright-eyed as the notables arrived for the procession that would march eastwards from the Porta Santo Domenico to the Cathedral of Santa Sofia . |
| 13 | If it was Morrissey who would eventually encourage Stephen to write more songs ( for the set that would become the No.1 album , ‘ Viva Hate ’ , at the beginning of 1988 ) , it was Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr — now one half of Electronic with New Order 's Bernard Sumner — who provided him with the opportunity to learn his craft as the guitar player 's producer par excellence . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , it seems clear that there are relatively few ranges of values for the numbers that would allow the development of any form of intelligent life . |
| 15 | They were standing on the jetty with a score of chattering women , waiting for the launch that would take them to the depot ship Omega . |
| 16 | He wanted to rub it , but the balanos for the bruise that would grow there would have to wait until later . |
| 17 | The men on the shore cheered , shaking their swords and their spears , and the men on board the two leading ships cheered as well , as the seamen leaned forward , swinging the seventeen-foot oars for the stroke that would lift the prows safely home to their beaching . |
| 18 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 19 | Yesterday Macmillan 's principal John Paddick said it was very good news for the college and would allow talented teachers with vocational qualifications to gain a teaching qualification . |
| 20 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 21 | The tribunal members would read the dossier in preparation for the hearing and would take the initiative at the hearing by indicating the issues of fact and law on which evidence and submission remained necessary . |
| 22 | As she walked up Tullis Street , Templeton 's came into view , and she headed for the entrance that would take her to the offices where she d been told to report . |
| 23 | In addition , better housing conditions , more industrial development , and the fillip for the city that would result from siting the new university there would reduce the flow of Catholics from Derry . |
| 24 | Rabin indicated that a Labour government would favour working out an offer of autonomy for the Palestinians and would freeze settlements in the occupied territories , although he would insist on retaining " in principle " the right to strengthen existing settlements in East Jerusalem , the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley . |
| 25 | There were some who were clever , some who were stupid , and none who cared for the lecture that would take her forty-five minutes to read and three evenings to prepare . |
| 26 | They knew that physically Rose could do much more than she was willing to try , so they kept searching for the key that would restore her will to live without being , unnecessarily , a burden on others . |
| 27 | This would be well under the cost of the facility for the authority but would encourage those who could buy their care more cheaply to do so . |
| 28 | Live work was for the future and would follow when Kylie felt fully ready for the demands of life on the road — and for now there were a million other business opportunities to be pursued . |