Example sentences of "[vb past] it would [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They also maintained it would harm pub businesses and severely dent the services offered to tourists .
2 A planning inspector rejected plans to build a £3m private clinic because he believed it would create traffic chaos and disturb NHS hospital patients .
3 I never imagined it would leave room for feelings of resentment and indifference .
4 The council 's ruling Labour group split on the issue , after leading opponents of the scheme claimed it would increase violence with drinkers spilling on to the streets at exactly the same time .
5 She knew where it would lead her and she also knew it would bring grief .
6 She wanted to know who as well , but he refused her and she knew it would become part of his bargain with the police when and if he were caught .
7 I always knew it would take time .
8 He wanted her to relax into happiness — physically , mentally , spiritually — but he knew it would take time .
9 She knew it would take courage to ring that number .
10 Geraldine , who works for Classic Leisure , owners of The Institute , said : ’ Because I 'm on site all day I thought it would make sense to join the club . ’
11 It seems I , oh I seemed to feel that it , it was , if we wanted to see three it was gon na upset , well they seemed that , I thought it would save money if they
12 Frankenstein was encouraged by his other teacher , Waldman , to pursue his studies because Waldman thought it would help mankind .
13 The association announced it would start work early next year on a purpose built home for 30 homeless youngsters .
14 THE prospects for British membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) appeared to improve yesterday when the French government announced it would abolish exchange controls on January 1 , clearing away one of the key obstacles Mrs Thatcher has cited in her opposition to entry .
15 The mark also edged higher against the dollar after the Bundesbank announced it would allow market forces to set the rate for the weekly cash injection today , signalling a potential rise in the ‘ repo ’ rate .
16 Milan , perhaps significantly , announced it would have Lendl for the next three years .
17 It said it would absorb Information Consulting but could not disclose details of the transaction .
18 Last April , when Philips unveiled new cutbacks in its heavily loss-making personal computer production operations , the company said it would stop manufacturing micros under its own brand name in the US , but continue to produce for third parties .
19 A spokesman for the ministry said it would continue consultation with Mother Catherine , and would be studying the papers submitted by the lawyers .
20 The Government said it would widen choice for viewers and listeners , safeguard quality programming and bring greater competition and efficiency .
21 He said it would cost industry too much , he wants to keep a low wage , low skill labour force .
22 They said it would encourage noise and late-night vandalism and young people driving motor cycles and cars in the parade .
23 Henry 's replies were equally blunt ; he offered help but said it would take time and , if matters should prove too difficult , she was to return immediately to England .
24 IRAN yesterday demanded the extradition of demonstrators who ransacked several of its embassies on Sunday , including the mission in London , and said it would claim compensation from Western governments for damage to its property .
25 Mr Michael King , regional secretary for the association , said it would provide accommodation where it was needed at the very bottom of the housing ladder .
26 Last month another group of rebels , the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front , promised to be equally generous with the port of Massawa : it said it would allow food to be moved from there to the government-held town of Asmara .
27 The offer was immediately rebuffed , however , by one of the two big generating companies being created under privatisation , which said it would seek fuel from a wider range of sources , including imported coal .
28 Ramtek Corp , San Jose says it has sold the image processing and remote sensing software technology that underlies the Terrain , Gemsoft36 and Unipixel products , but terms of the sale and the identity of the buyer were not disclosed : Ramtek said it would receive royalty payments based on the sale of any products by the buyer over the next three years and that the sale made sense in light of its planned merger with Mass Microsystems Inc and the combination 's growth potential in the storage market .
29 By contrast , a parent of Pakistani origin with a child at an RC school accepted it would treat Christianity as the basic doctrine .
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