Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He knew your name would bring in the customers and … ’ |
| 2 | During these pauses he would leer in the hope that his lady friend would fill in the gaps , thereby allowing him to save his energy for later . |
| 3 | They were told by Jesus not to speculate about the time when God would bring in the kingdom in all its fullness , but , once they had received the Holy Spirit , they were to witness to Jesus in Jerusalem , Judaea , Samaria , and throughout the world ( Acts 1:8 ) . |
| 4 | For some time the advisory plans for London , the West Midlands and the Clyde Valley sufficed , the belief being that the development plans would fill in the detail and provide working arrangements to secure the intended redistributive objectives . |
| 5 | But for a game that imagined it was losing its club-orientated mentality , a game convinced that the staging of high-class football in comfortable surroundings would bring in the punters in their thousands , Old Trafford and Elland Road were bitter disappointments . |