Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 'd done your thirty years , you 'd go off at two-thirds pension . |
| 2 | And I ca n't think that you 'd come round at this time of day just for a chat . " |
| 3 | Yes , chair , erm , I was supposed to give the figures if they 'd come out at this time . |
| 4 | Rival villages would line up at either end of the green to do this . |
| 5 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 6 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 7 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 8 | ( I would point out at this stage that I would never begin to treat a patient with physical symptoms of this sort unless he or she had first consulted their doctor and was able to tell me that no physical cause for the problem could be found . ) |
| 9 | The other source of embarrassment was the very real possibility that Dennis would stroll over at any moment and catch us at it . |
| 10 | Even after the pole struck Dennis on the head and he disappeared from sight , I remember thinking that he would pop up at any moment alongside the boat , like a coot . |