Example sentences of "[vb past] it would [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He estimated it would take three days a week for nine months or so , but it turned out to be very much a full time job . |
2 | The statement comes just two months after the group predicted it would make pre-tax profits of £867,000 , slightly less than the previous year . |
3 | The Halifax predicted a base rate cut ‘ within the next few weeks ’ , pledged it would pass lower costs on to borrowers without delay and forecast a surge in sales , with some return of house price inflation before the end of the year . |
4 | Representatives of the 1,600 investors on Mr Outhwaite 's syndicate , who face losses of £305 million , welcomed the settlement , although spokesman Peter Nutting feared it would increase total losses . |
5 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
6 | Council leader John Williams said he fully supported the scheme and hoped it would attract more tourists to the area . |
7 | The Home Office yesterday broadly welcomed the report , but said it would consult interested parties before deciding on implementation . |
8 | The farmer said it would cost three dollars , but the girl had only thirty cents . |
9 | While some local authorities welcomed part of the proposals , critics said it would create more losers than winners . |
10 | But Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said it would take 100,000 troops years to defeat the Serbs . |
11 | Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift . |
12 | I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days . |