Example sentences of "in [adj] year [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was a woman in need of a child to love , and having none of her own she was lavishing it all on Corrie Palmer , which was sad because in another year she would have to be returned to the hospital . |
| 2 | Fortunately she was unaware how often in future years she would resent John 's making decisions which involved both of them without consulting her . |
| 3 | In 100 years they would regard that as pathetic . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 5 | In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way . |
| 6 | Was it a scene which in later years I would look at with nostalgia , even longing ? |
| 7 | Charlie 's departure is the first of several , and this event is succeeded by the announcement of a further theme when the rabbi 's thunderings pass over the heads of his congregation and the writer notes : ‘ in later years I would wonder how different my life might have been if a few people , those closest to me , had been frightened — just a little . ’ |
| 8 | If Japan 's lending had continued to expand at the same pace as in recent years it would have overtaken Britain in 1992 . |
| 9 | She likes to shock ; from current trends , the Gothic style pleases her ; in earlier years it would have been punk , or beatnik . |