Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train would be too long for the platform ; as it approached there would be frantic snatchings and shrieks … |
| 2 | But Russia 's UN ambassador Yuli Vorontsov said after meeting Yugoslav president Dobrica Cosic that Friday 's UN session of security council foreign ministers could be delayed until May 25 , but he doubted it would be this month . |
| 3 | Mr Miller confirmed there would be full inquiry into the mistake . |
| 4 | When TI announced its hostile bid , the company claimed it would be good news for Dowty shareholders . |
| 5 | In 1931 Welford Beaton was greatly impressed with Fox-Movietone 's Quick Millions and he guessed it would be big box-office not because it was a gangster picture but because it was ‘ a good motion picture ’ and what was particularly good about it was the acting . |
| 6 | In July 1951 the US Chief of Naval Operations , Admiral Sherman , began what would be protracted negotiations for the concession of air and naval facilities on the Spanish mainland . |
| 7 | He said all the independent surveys agreed there would be some job losses it was simply a question of how many . |
| 8 | Miners ' leaders attending a special conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Sheffield yesterday backed away from a strike over the imposition of a 7.6 per cent pay rise by British Coal , when they realised there would be little support from members . |
| 9 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 10 | Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act . |
| 11 | I thought we would be lower mid-table in a comparatively comfortable position , but when you get 15 little things and you lump them together you get a better idea why we have n't done so well . |
| 12 | They felt there would be two consequences to this which would disadvantage the arts in relation to other curriculum areas . |
| 13 | ‘ My son-in-law was offered the living of St Ermin 's when it fell vacant recently , ’ she said , ‘ but he felt there would be more scope here . ’ |
| 14 | He said the financial cutback meant there would be fewer concerts in a season . |
| 15 | Others feared there would be more job losses . |
| 16 | She feared there would be more reprisals . |
| 17 | ‘ It was a bank holiday and I knew there would be few buses and even fewer taxis in Harley Street if I felt threatened . ’ |
| 18 | I knew there would be some details that might fill in a few gaps and , indeed , I had not known that Mme G had kept in touch with Otto and that , prior to my arrival on the scene , he frequently drove over to Reine with tempting delicacies that Jean-Claude invariably refused to eat . |
| 19 | Self-government for Scotland was given the thumbs-down by the Scottish business community , with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that it would have a detrimental effect on business , while only 10 per cent thought there would be some advantage . |
| 20 | It was alright actually , I was surprised I thought they would be complete jerks but they are okay . |
| 21 | For now it is sufficient to assert that John , having loved and lost , felt he would be tempting providence to allow himself to love again . |
| 22 | In so far as they did see a coming energy source they thought it would be atomic energy , and they wrote the treaty that 's called the Euratom Treaty to cover this , but it did n't cover oil , and that is perhaps why it 's been a much less contentious subject . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought it would be some time tonight . ’ |
| 24 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] The girl had good sense and I thought it would be some pleasure to watch by what gradation she might be made to rise into love . |
| 25 | Following the inquest , the Health and Safety Executive revealed it would be prosecuting Midlands Electricity over Michael Grant 's death : |
| 26 | A spokesman for the Lord Chancellor 's Department said there would be wide consultation before any restrictions on the right of appeal . |
| 27 | After the World Cup draw at the weekend , which paired teams to play in Sardinia , the Football Association chief executive , Mr Graham Kelly , spoke with his Dutch counterpart and said there would be close liaison in the next few months . |
| 28 | David Horritt , the principal project manager for the scheme , said there would be some disruption while sewer pipes are laid . |
| 29 | OSF also said there would be significant moves towards converging its style — look and feel — with Windows and IBM 's Common User Access user interfaces . |
| 30 | Terry Donovan , managing director of Metrologie UK , said there would be further divestments — to be announced in the next few months — of operations which did not fit the company 's corporate focus on hardware solutions . |