Example sentences of "[adj] years [noun] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the three years Tom would begin to pay rent — a fair rent — for the lands he farmed and would take over all farm buildings , implements and stock . |
| 2 | Versailles displayed an economic shortsightedness ; writing in 1921 R. H. Brand recognised that in the next 5 years reparations would not " be large enough very seriously to alleviate the great financial problems which … the nations of Western Europe must have solved " . " |
| 3 | Putting me and Billy together ten years back would probably never have occurred to them . |
| 4 | Over those years Eliot would visit him during what became regular trips to the United States ; he also wrote a number of letters to those in authority in order to ease his conditions : he talks about the time Pound should be allowed to spend alone , for example , and the condition of the buildings in which he was confined . |
| 5 | For five years William would be instructed in the art of ornamental gold-engraving ; Mr. Ashdown 's side of the bargain was to provide meat , drink and lodging , leaving the boy 's father to find wearing apparel and arrange for washing and mending to be done . |
| 6 | None the less , as has been argued , the Hundred Years War would never be settled by a major engagement in which the cavalry alone played the decisive role . |
| 7 | Within the next two years resolutions would be sought and reached on fundamental political issues such as the legitimacy of constitutional action , a programme of social and parliamentary advance , and the relationship of the party to both trade unions and socialist organisations ( Cole 1969 ) . |
| 8 | Then comes the second part of the double whammy — after say two years BA would announce that it was withdrawing from Belfast City Airport in order to consolidate their operations at Belfast International whose superior facilities interface more readily with their corporate image ( or similar doublespeak ) . |