Example sentences of "[pron] would [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I finished up in Rome , home to so many of the works I lectured on , and on my last night there I took a walk down to Bernini 's Trevi fountain in order to throw in the coin that would ensure that somehow I would one day return . |
2 | I was secretly hoping I would one day find a way of escaping and returning to my own country . |
3 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
4 | No one had the Art Room , the Science Lab , the Handwork Room , the Staff Common Room or the Headmaster 's Study , though there was a chance someone would one day . |
5 | A report from the Lower Franconian town of Kitzingen in May 1943 , dealing particularly with opinion among academics , salespeople , and the bourgeoisie — groups which had earlier tended to be pro-Nazi in their sympathies — stated that ‘ a disgust about the Party was building up among the people , and a rage which would one day boil over ’ . |
6 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
7 | ‘ Both the Eldar and the Slann should be grateful to know about this weapon which would one day be launched against them . ’ |
8 | She could not stand the thought of having a she-cat which would one day give birth to a large litter in her nice clean home and she did not wait to find out whether or not she-cats could be neutered . |
9 | Was he strengthening his border where it faced the great Angevin arsenal and treasury at Chinon , which would one day come into the hands of his feckless elder brother ? |
10 | Among the remaining trees , which would one day distinguish themselves in avenues and parks , and over the heads of the labouring workmen rose clouds of parakeets and honey-eaters searching for food . |
11 | Eleanor used to say that she inherited her father 's nose and she would one day sue him for damages . |
12 | It had been a way of escaping from the poverty into which her family had sunk , and she knew that by working hard for long , tiring hours and helping Fred turn the mediocre business into one that was thriving and profitable she would one day be able to help her parents and her brother too . |
13 | But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her . |
14 | ‘ When you 've lived as long as me , ’ said Lydia , speaking like the crone she would one day doubtless turn into , ‘ you 'll know just how stupid people can be . ’ |
15 | They generously hoped she would one day be happy with Angel again , and were afraid for her , knowing that Alec d'Urberville was constantly tempting her . |
16 | Birds also make a wonderful focus of ambition — everyone has a special bird he or she would one day love to see . |
17 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
18 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
19 | ‘ Our boys ’ were being nurtured in the belief that they were the leaders of tomorrow , the ‘ happy few ’ who would one day be running whatever had now taken the place of the Empire . |
20 | In far away Haiti a young black Methodist minister , Philip Potter , who would one day be Secretary of the World Council of Churches , mulled over the book as he struggled with villainy in a very poor and very sad land . |
21 | Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects ? |
22 | She had caught a glimpse of Heaven ; had seen adoration and more in the gaze of a handsome prince who would one day be king of England . |
23 | She had dreamed , as very young girls did , of a handsome knight who would one day arrive at her father 's castle , fall in love with her , win her heart by some brave deed , and carry her away across his saddle-bow . |
24 | In Division One he was subjected to a lot of dubious physical challenge and then , as Palace managers came and went , Vince 's role was constantly changing , so that he became something of an enigma to Palace fans who would one week marvel at his sinuous skills and near-perfect control but then despair at his virtual anonymity the next . |
25 | His eyes did not leave the view as he said , ‘ Did you ever think when you were living in that flat in Manchester that you would one day own all this ? ’ |
26 | There would one condition , however : I should change my name and call myself Louise Müller . ’ |
27 | The thought they would one day lose Lizzie never occurred . |
28 | Furthermore , he proclaimed that he would one day rule again over the Roman Empire , that he would vex dishonest priests , and that he would not cease from battle until the Holy Land was delivered into Christian hands . |
29 | After his arrest he threatened officers by drawing his finger across his neck to suggest he would one day kill them . |
30 | He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again . |