Example sentences of "in another [noun sg] [pers pn] would " in BNC.

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1 In another country they would have been called intellectuals , but the English have never admitted to having any intellectuals .
2 good job he 's not in another country he 'd be eaten for
3 In another location I would probably have a full dining room every night , but that is only a part of what is important to me .
4 ‘ I mean , I do want to go , in a way , but in another way I 'd rather stay here .
5 She was a woman in need of a child to love , and having none of her own she was lavishing it all on Corrie Palmer , which was sad because in another year she would have to be returned to the hospital .
6 In another moment she would have collapsed against him .
7 In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster .
8 It is a heavy serviceable machine and I am not really knocking Wilson because in another situation it would probably do a very good job but for us it is just not a very pleasant tool to be with .
9 This was just the sort of attitude the paper wanted — in another context it would have been a good news story .
10 In another time it would have been a delight , the twenty-minute trip along the craggy shore , the petrol motor almost purring .
11 And in a jiffy you would be in the garden , and in another jiffy you would be through the front gate , and in yet another jiffy you would be exploring the marvellous Forest of Sin all by yourself .
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