Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that two bodies of the same material but different weights would fall at different speeds . |
| 2 | It was quickly arranged that Alan would come at two and , with another friend , Dei Roberts , would take Nigel to the car-park mortuary . |
| 3 | He said that the campaign would continue at all levels . |
| 4 | The day had been specially chosen because the meteorologists had assured them that the sun would rise at five fifty-three and there would be no rain . |
| 5 | He looked down at the child , surprised , as if the boy would vanish at any moment , leaving him holding nothing . |
| 6 | The telephone would ring at one o'clock , just as we were sitting down to lunch . |
| 7 | About twenty or twenty-five guests would assemble at six o'clock , and we would play party games until supper . |
| 8 | His consumption of nuclear waste would seem at first to be an ideal solution to the problems of both Martians and humans , but of course there is a hitch . |
| 9 | Wilson would talk at great length and it became clear to me that the number of people in whom he could confide safely was very small ; in fact it was clear that he had few , if any , complete political friends . |
| 10 | The intuitions most relevant to a study of meaning would seem at first sight to be intuitions about what things mean . |
| 11 | Sometimes Branson 's phone would ring at two in the morning . |
| 12 | He decided to inform her of her duties , said casually , watching her as he spoke , ‘ Your day would begin at six o'clock , finish at Miss Mates 's bedtime between half-past ten and eleven , and you will have the attic bedroom . |
| 13 | A basic result of classical economics was that , given flexible wages and prices , a competitive market economy would operate at full employment . |
| 14 | The high-speed line proposed by BR would end at new terminals at King 's Cross and Waterloo in London . |
| 15 | The offer would seem at first sight to be an extremely generous one , but those who make it know it can not be accepted . |
| 16 | Most people would laugh at either suggestion as they hunt in their pocket or purse for a copper or two , ‘ just for luck ’ . |
| 17 | As the forecast assumed interest rates would peak at 14 per cent it has already been eclipsed by events . |
| 18 | If the function of the leave requirement is to weed out unarguable or vexatious cases it might be expected that only a small proportion of cases would fail at this stage . |
| 19 | According to the Iszvestiya report of June 19 the deficit would stand at 27,000 million roubles and would thus be within the limit set by the IMF . |
| 20 | The rest of the squadron would circle at twelve thousand . |
| 21 | Good dealers in shares and futures would laugh at this yardstick . |
| 22 | In a region that prides itself on its cuisine and that boasts a strong tourist industry , it might have been supposed that indigenous entrepreneurs would leap at such an opportunity . |
| 23 | The advocates were informed that the justices would meet at 10 a.m. on that day to continue their deliberations and their drafting , that the exercise would be completed by 12 noon , and that the advocates should attend at that later hour to receive the court 's judgment . |
| 24 | Today 's players would laugh at such a fuss . ’ |
| 25 | The brigade 's mission was to destroy the enemy , and the attack would begin at 0430 hours . |
| 26 | The total number of confirmed cases of BSE is now in excess of 41,000 , despite the Government 's estimate in 1989 that the cumulative total would peak at 20,000 cases . |
| 27 | And she believed the whales would remain at Laspi Bay at least for the summer , and had not heard of the widely criticised plans to take them on a travelling display . |
| 28 | The Hearing would begin at ten o'clock . |
| 29 | It was decided that the Project would operate at two separate and distinct levels . |
| 30 | In a typical 16th century English charter party the owner of the vessel acknowledged , directly or through the ship 's master , that : 1 ) he had let the ship and promised to prepare it , by a fixed date , to take in the goods provided by the charterer ; 2 ) the ship would sail with the first convenient wind to the stipulated port ; 3 ) in accordance with a receipt or bill of lading he would deliver the goods in good condition to the designated person ; 4 ) the ship would remain at that port for a fixed period to take in such goods as the charter party nominee party needed to reload , and that the ship would then return to the port of origin , and deliver the reloaded goods in good condition ; and 5 ) the crew would be as described , and would be furnished with the proper gear . |