Example sentences of "[adj] would go [adv] " in BNC.

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1 None of this suggested that the English would go forward to build up the most wide-ranging empire that the world had ever seen , and even if Hakluyt had added that the English had made some attempts to settle in North America and had organized themselves for trade in the East Indies he would not have much altered the case .
2 The poet wondered how much longer this would go on .
3 and snap and this , this would go off and you 'd be sat there going right then , you actually
4 In corporate accounting , this would go down under salaries or labour costs ; while for Brazil it represented an investment of time and resources as well as a transfer of technology .
5 ‘ I bet this would go down like a lead balloon if it was known in Grantley police station .
6 Sharpe prayed that the French would go on waiting , and that the British troops who were marching desperately to reinforce the outnumbered defenders at Quatre Bras reached the crossroads in time .
7 It would make a big difference to property values in the area — some would go up , some would go down .
8 And then the the ships shuddered and and some would go down by the stern and others would topple up and they 'd be great fountains of water .
9 It would make a big difference to property values in the area — some would go up , some would go down .
10 Some would go further and argue that the wide-ranging emphasis of records of achievement on recording a great variety of skills and personal qualities , as well as specific attainments , is a reenactment of the old elementary school concern with civic virtue and Godliness as well as basic competence in the ‘ three R's ’ ( Hargreaves , 1986 ) .
11 Indeed , some would go further and criticize the liberal variant of normativism on the ground that that doctrine is based on what might be called ‘ the Rationalist Fallacy ’ in political thinking ; that human beings act on rational motives .
12 In 1988 , Karl Ludvigsen came out with a study that two of the big six would go away — he predicted they would be GM and Renault .
13 Forgetting about the Japanese for a moment , I had bee forecasting that one or two of the big six would go out of business as independent companies .
14 They also had previous experience , so we hoped all would go well for the second run .
15 I went back to Brigade headquarters that evening hoping that all would go well and wondering what the next problem was going to be . "
16 ‘ Later in the day many would go on to view the celebrated ruins of the abbey , the Mecca of every pilgrim attracted to the spot .
17 A previously agreed reduction in troops from 43,000 to 36,000 by the end of 1992 would go ahead as planned .
18 He rejected calls by opposition politicians and the press for him to step down , and insisted that state and local elections scheduled for Dec. 6 would go ahead as planned , without a provision for voting on a reduction of his presidential term .
19 nightmare , that would go well yes .
20 The inspector was pleased to receive that , noting the fact that we had a , a drop in our work output but expected that , that would go up in the next year or two .
21 that would go up into the forty percent
22 One would have assumed that — indeed , I think it was generally known — that the Prime Minister and Treasury ministers and her Chancellor kept in very close touch with the financial authorities and the central monetary authorities , which means the Bank of England among other people , and that all that would go on .
23 That would go totally out of the window .
24 Yes , I ca n't help feeling that would go nicely .
25 But er yes that would go anywhere that would n't it ?
26 That would go down a treat . ’
27 That would go down very nice with the cup of coffee I 'm gon na have in a minute .
28 Er , er , and Red would go on to say , er , unfortunately we 're in an overspend situation so I ca n't afford to pay you , but I personally would give you fifty P towards your expenses as you pitch over there .
29 Occasionally , after refreshments — two would go in at two o'clock , two more at half past two , and so on — the only time you could have a natter with your colleague was when you left the station and you saw the sergeant going in for his refreshments .
30 That one or two might make enough money to pass as legitimately successful , but that most would go on hoping for and talking about the ‘ up for none touch ’ that was just around the corner if only this and that fell into place until they became little more than saloon-bar bores .
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