Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of two-car families doubled in the Fifties to reach fifteen per cent of American households ( and would double again in the next ten years ) . |
| 2 | He would stride ahead to the next junction of corridors , twirling his umbrella , and then wait impatiently for the others to catch up . |
| 3 | Each makeshift arrangement concealed a human larva that would emerge again at the first signs of dawn . |
| 4 | ( This would work well with the third of the examples above . ) |
| 5 | They also had previous experience , so we hoped all would go well for the second run . |
| 6 | I was a little disappointed it had not been there , but I was quite sure he would write again in the next few days . |
| 7 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |