Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Yet who 'd have thought I 'd be given another chance like this ? she thought .
2 You 'd be given some input .
3 ‘ You said you 'd be gone some time ! ’ she charged in self-defence , totally unaware , unlike Travis , that the firelight made a glorious halo of her hair .
4 Wo n't be too many places he 'd be remembered these days , all those who could remember him are dead , or trying to die .
5 He 'd not get her , I know , but he would be granted some access to her . ’
6 Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months .
7 If , as frequently happened , two of us would fall out and come to blows , then passers-by would stop , form a circle and watch without intervening , confirming their view that justice would be achieved this way .
8 It would be done this time .
9 A pattern of events was established which would be observed several times throughout the 1980s : a degree of liberalisation , student activism , then the ‘ anti-bourgeois ’ backlash .
10 It was arranged that later in the afternoon they would be conducted to the Monastery of Saint James ; they would be lodged that night in the village , and would return again to the church the following day for their devotions .
11 The Gasthof Löwen was spotlessly clean and the Gute Frau obviously intended , by her acerbic tone and more acerbic expression , that it would be kept that way .
12 LONG before England came such a cropper at Lansdowne Road , there were many besides the Scots among the British rugby fraternity who were already positive that Gavin Hastings would be revealed this morning as the Lions ' captain for the forthcoming tour of New Zealand .
13 Who ensured that Noah 's mountain of all mountains would be blessed each day with a halo of cloud ? ’
14 Once the basic wage was agreed , increments would be given each year up to the age of 40 and additional payments made for each family member with a 25 per cent component left for job performance .
15 From the time of James 's second Indulgence , most Whigs and Nonconformists had come out against the suspending power , on the promise that if they stuck by the Church , they would be given some measure of toleration .
16 If viable he would be given another £40 .
17 In this way , the institution would be given more flexibility but at the same time would have to live with any mistakes it might make .
18 Filling in more detail on the Environment Protection Bill for the coming session of Parliament , Mr Patten said the public would be given more access than ever before to information about industrial pollution and about how individual firms would be obliged to clean up their operations .
19 I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future .
20 Erm , now I can produce some variants on the next few figures , they , this is the one in the third paragraph which says that two thousand eight hundred , er took two eight nine one two , er , hours would be needed this year , that is working on the commissions erm current estimate of six percent of complaints going to stage two , erm , the reality in York is that seven point five percent are going to stage two , and if one took account of that reality , and I 'm bound to say that in in estimating terms we do n't , but if one did take in reality that would push that figure for this year up to thirty thousand four hundred and forty nine .
21 Mr Curry earlier stressed the compensation rates would be reviewed each year , taking all factors into account .
22 ( d ) The remeasured quantity and rates would be abstracted each week and on completion compared with the breakdown provided by the estimator .
23 Staff held a 48-hour strike last week and said a 72-hour strike would be held this week unless Paul Knight was reinstated at the home in Barnet .
24 In a comparatively small health district such as West Cumbria ( 137000 population ) five to six deaths from asthma would be expected each year .
25 Since the accommodation would be occupied all year round , the standard would have to be similar to that required for permanent occupation .
26 The Mutawas informed the physician that the new mother would be removed that day and taken away to be stoned for her crime against God .
27 ‘ I do n't understand , ’ whined Rose , who was cold and wondering when she would be offered another piece of chicken .
28 Stephen and he agreed that in view of the value to the island of Crystal Springs ' recruitment plans , the regulations would be waived this time and Michael Stein 's long-term permit would be processed as quickly as possible .
29 The news from the Brighton General Hospital was that Wullie Robertson was resting comfortably , his injuries were relatively light and he would be released that afternoon into the custody of the Secretary of State for Health .
30 At least 40 schools opted out because they were threatened with closure , and most believe they would be shown little mercy .
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