Example sentences of "[pron] would one [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Both the Eldar and the Slann should be grateful to know about this weapon which would one day be launched against them . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
| 6 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ask the thousands of FOBs — friends of Bill — why they have long thought that he would one day be a great president and their replies will sooner or later share the same point . |
| 12 | A man who would touch you for ten francs , and go home and paint what would one day be worth ten million . |