Example sentences of "day [pers pn] would [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep in my heart there was still hope that one day I would receive a letter saying , ‘ I am alive and I have not forgotten you . ’ |
| 2 | The next day I would take a brand-new notebook from my bag . |
| 3 | One day she would make a fortune selling it everywhere . |
| 4 | But every day we would have a pudding , rice or suet , and always different . |
| 5 | In it , he entrusted his ‘ six sons ’ to the protection of his ‘ most celebrated and very dear friend ’ , adding that they were the products of long and laborious labour , but that he was encouraged by the hope that one day they would prove a source of consolation . |
| 6 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 7 | One day he would make a mistake , then she would have him . |
| 8 | Often he would shave it off , but the next day he would have a beard just the same . |