Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concierge would listen at the door with a running commentary : ‘ The Italian 's had a drop ’ , or ‘ the Englishwoman seems to be winning ’ . |
| 2 | At 9am the small shop would open , Ann would serve at the counter , and Thomas would deliver loaves to their immediate neighbours on foot . |
| 3 | Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary , announced on March 26 that all-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland would start at the end of April . |
| 4 | I find that people at that level of education are so busy chasing their own tail with the enormous amount of work that comes their way … that the planning for a secondee would come at the bottom of the heap . |
| 5 | In a quantum theory of gravity , as we saw in the last chapter , in order to specify the state of the universe one would still have to say how the possible histories of the universe would behave at the boundary of space-time in the past . |
| 6 | Seemingly always perky , the young Jane would swing at the speed of light and win everything on offer . |
| 7 | But Dave Waddington , chairman of the rugby club , said tonight 's executive committee meeting would look at the issue carefully . |
| 8 | At Holly 's request Rosie had added it to the list of diary items Rain would offer at the afternoon conference . |
| 9 | Modern F&B managers would delight at the instructions to waitresses to ‘ only half fill the Cups with Coffee ( unless asked to fill them up ) and add Boiled Milk but do not quite fill the Cups ’ , or , for dinner , ‘ Begin at Right end of each Division and with a Bill of Fare held in front of each Person , at each course , ask , naming the article , what they will have . ’ |
| 10 | Her solicitor , Mr Rohit Sanghvi , added : ‘ The award reflects the outrage which this jury felt and which any decent person would feel at the treatment of my client . |
| 11 | In a third class of cases , where the right-minded observer would be unsure , the court would look at the defendant 's motive and , only if that was indecent , would the offence be made out . |
| 12 | But I knew Elsie would start at the top and not go very far down . |
| 13 | Many people would balk at the thought of setting up a new business during a recession ; but to embark on a new accountancy partnership when half of it is about to have a baby would surely cause the strongest to flinch . |
| 14 | He had quite a long way to walk to the bridge , but there was plenty of time ; he had taken the trouble to find out the train times and he had worked out at what time the train would arrive at the bridge — about 9pm — so he enjoyed his walk . |
| 15 | ‘ That would be a decision Mr Kinnock would take at the time , ’ Mr Mandelson declared loftily . |
| 16 | The forward contract would mature at the time when it was proposed to change back into sterling from lire . |
| 17 | the goblet would burst at the moment of contact . |
| 18 | It thus came as no surprise when it was announced in 1961 that the Marton route would close at the end of the 1962 season . |
| 19 | On the morning of the days on which they were due to be announced , the dealing manager of DPR Futures would scream at the AEs : " This is it . |
| 20 | Until it was developed , prawn hatcheries would remain at the mercy of factors beyond their control . |
| 21 | But sometimes a double bill would show at the Ritz and nowhere else . |
| 22 | The application of community sanctions would remain at the discretion of sentencers , though there would then be a price to be paid in terms of consistency of application . |
| 23 | At a press conference in Bonn , a senior official in the Chancellery said the West German and French governments had agreed that the inter-governmental conference on monetary union would begin at the end of next year — as Paris had originally insisted . |
| 24 | At 9.30 on a Friday morning the players would arrive at the ground for training , then at mid-day would congregate in the manager 's office to discuss the next day 's match , as well as analysing the previous week 's . |
| 25 | I assumed McIllvanney had sent a message to Massachusetts asking Sammy to telephone as soon as he reached port , and I was certain that Sammy would jump at the chance of three months ' extra salary , and if he did then Ellen and Thessy would similarly earn their small fortunes . |
| 26 | Four ‘ destiny marches ’ from Iona , Arbroath , Whithorn and Berwick would arrive at the vigil on that date . |
| 27 | It was assumed that the investment return would be 9% per annum , that salary increases would average 7% per annum and that present and future pensions would increase at the rate of 4% per annum . |
| 28 | Hotel staff said the Russian deputy premier Boris Fyodorov would arrive at the talks today . |
| 29 | The actual wedding was to be held the next day , and then Changez and Jamila would stay at the Ritz for a couple of nights . |
| 30 | She wondered whether Matthew Prescott would weep at the beauty of Verdi 's music and remembered , with a little jolt of her heart , that he hated opera . |