Example sentences of "would [vb infin] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who had planted it would want time to get clear before an explosion occurred greater than the blasts which had flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki . |
| 2 | While it was generally accepted that the country was economically near bankruptcy and would need time and a continuation of generous American aid to effect recovery , few people doubted the economy could be rebuilt faster than that of devastated Europe and Japan . |
| 3 | Explain that you would need time to make a thorough assessment of the situation and would be aware of the dangers of treading on other people 's toes . |
| 4 | Police told Dennis , who found Joanna 's rape alarm close to her locked car after she failed to turn up to work at 7pm , that she would need time to get over what had happened . |
| 5 | Nevertheless Mr Wyatt — a key member of the board of management responsible for the day-to-day running of the BBC — conceded on Radio 4 's the World This Weekend that Mr Birt 's battered reputation would need time to recover . |
| 6 | He would need time and peace to prepare himself for whatever he decided . |
| 7 | Mr Wyatt — a key member of the board of management responsible for the day-to-day running of the BBC — conceded on BBC Radio 4 's The World This Weekend programme that Mr Birt 's battered reputation would need time to recover . |
| 8 | This ‘ one nation/two alliances ’ model , it is argued , would buy time for the world to become adjusted to a re-unified Germany , and to decide whether Nato and the Warsaw Pact still served any useful purposes . |
| 9 | Mr Bennett said the cash aid delay would give time to work-up a scheme ‘ satisfactory to all parties ’ . |
| 10 | The programme alleged that the living conditions and communal facilities at the resort , built by Billy Butlin in the 1960s to offer a week 's holiday for a week 's pay , were ‘ so squalid and dangerous ’ that no sensible person would spend time or money on a holiday there . |
| 11 | On other occasions , we would spend time together at the weekends . |
| 12 | Too fast would tire the horse unnecessarily while going too slow would incur time penalties . |
| 13 | There was likely to be more interest in a member of the family who seemed to have come to the boil than in Sara who would cost time and patience to bring to blood heat . |
| 14 | Young people were afraid , wondering if they would have time to have their children , and became agitated at the racheting-up of international tensions in East and West . |
| 15 | He would have time to stow away the kohlrabi , the offal and the edenwort . |
| 16 | ‘ That way players would be fresher , stronger and more skilful , because they would have time to work on their technique . ’ |
| 17 | This could trap transient complexes , which would have time to dissociate during electrophoresis into the gel at the start of a gel retardation experiment . |
| 18 | A couple of clients had called me , and I would have time to talk to them in the morning ; and I had an invitation to a golf society day in a couple of weeks ' time . |
| 19 | Columbia Square was built on principles similar to the Thanksgiving and Peabody buildings ; but it did allow for a club room and a covered area where children might play on wet days , where Roberts had avoided communal amenities , questioning whether the working class would have time to enjoy them . |
| 20 | A quick glance at her watch showed that she would have time for a short walk outside before dinner , and with this in mind she sprang from the bed and raked a comb through her hair . |
| 21 | He had n't thought about himself , but with Tom taking on another farm , a farm that would one day be his own responsibility , it was hardly likely he would have time to take care of Seb too . |
| 22 | In Georgia the Supreme Soviet , reportedly bowing to pressure from opposition groups , on March 20 decided to postpone the elections to that body due on March 25 until October or November , in order that other political parties would have time enough to organize themselves to take part . |
| 23 | The final act of betrayal by William 's ministers was committed when they failed to call Parliament within twenty days of his death ( a violation of the Act of Security of 1696 ) , so that the Privy Council would have time to declare war on France without facing opposition from the Scottish Parliament . |
| 24 | ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths . |
| 25 | Cos used to tell 'em when it was gon na be and they would have time before the event to get it all tidied up , it was all ready , he would in and say , there 's such and such on that one , such and such on this one |
| 26 | She had n't really thought the famous singer would have time to spend with her , had she ? |
| 27 | Since the dreadful happens in some form each day , a country which regularly responded like that would have time for little but grief . |
| 28 | The Security Council , meanwhile , gave its 14,000 peacekeepers in Croatia the right to use force if necessary to defend themselves and extended their mandate until 31 March so international mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen would have time to arrive at a political settlement by then . |
| 29 | that 's half way to Tesco 's and they would have time to be there |
| 30 | I always knew it would take time . |