Example sentences of "the [noun] would just [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 What , now , of Falkenhayn 's promise that the infantry would just walk into Verdun once the artillery had done its stuff ?
2 The Lab would just have to wait , I said to Bidwell .
3 The ironing would just have to wait !
4 It was quiet , but there was different things that amused us that the bairns would just laugh at today , I mean , there was no pictures or things like that .
5 The viewers would just assume he 'd fallen into a cupboard and bang would go the impact of the scene .
6 The Marauders would just like to take this opportunity to wish all areas and divisions a very Happy Christmas .
7 The smoke would just rise straight up and
8 They said that if I was cheeky at Low Newton the screws would just hit me .
9 ( Both used to lie in baths hoping that the dirt would just leap off them . )
10 The Russian felt inadequate , but was persuaded that not doing the leg would just put him further behind as the crew developed experience .
11 He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay .
12 At the inquiry , he agreed the tower would just peep over the tops of the trees .
13 The idea was that the pupils would just work through the sheets , working out the answers .
14 I thought for a while that the information would just go on accumulating from here on in , but thank God it 's already begun dropping off .
15 In normal circumstances the men would just have forced their way in and relieved him of the weapon .
16 ‘ If it had n't been for her courage and fortitude in going out there and taking on the role of investigator , private detective and motivator , those files would still be closed and the police would just have an unsolved case of a missing person . ’
17 You were what you were , and the world would just have to learn .
18 If you got a headache or anything , the nurse would just give you daft little tablets for it .
19 Obviously these categories could be introduced very simply into the interview and the informant would just relate the memories which came back to him or her .
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