Example sentences of "would [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On Sept. 27 former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry was resentenced to six months in prison for cocaine possession [ see p. 38330 ] , but would remain at liberty until federal authorities decided which penitentiary he should be sent to .
2 One would be recruited ; the other Reg Raven , would remain at work instead of retiring .
3 In terms of Figure 7.5 , the rise in output from y * ; to Y 1 is the result of a series of individual decisions which were based on the assumption that , although the price of each island 's output had clearly risen to p 1 , the general price level in the rest of the economy would remain at p .
4 And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home .
5 Her father feared for her reason , and left the boat telling to his fellow fishermen he would remain at home that day .
6 5 Corps was still under orders not to provoke or resist them by force , for the reasons Macmillan had explained on his visit on 13 May , and on the evening of 14 May Gen McCreery confirmed this in a message to Gen Keightley [ KP 106 ] : agreement confirmed that Maj Dubajic would remain at Kappel with Lt Lochhead of 6 SF ( SOE ) to make arrangements for the hand-over of further 10,000 Croats by 23 May making a total of 13,000 Croats to be repatriated .
7 But Ms Sachs said in Belgrade that the UNHCR was determined to get the supplies through and both convoys would remain at Serb checkpoints until they were allowed to pass .
8 That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet .
9 After the war the number of readers who would laugh at pictures of seasick passengers , or bosuns getting the better of the second mate , diminished rapidly .
10 In addition , Minton 's intermittently hysterical behaviour and desire to shock brought out in Ricky the exhibitionist who would undress at parties and was game for any prank .
11 Tony offered to make breakfast , an event so rare that there was a chance parliament would reconvene at Þingvellir .
12 The team were then treated to a meal and the mill manager presented them with the Challenge Trophy [ through gritted teeth ] and before the lads could get the lens caps off their cameras , they took it back , saying that the cup would stay at Rank 's but Rentokil 's name would be put on .
13 I could not possibly entertain the mad supposition that you would stay at Mannheim , where there is no longer a court …
14 But it was soon settled that he would stay at home only till Ruari was better .
15 After provisionally deciding to go to Bali he consults this oracle : ‘ How would I react if I had all your information ? ’ , and gets the answer ‘ You would stay at home ’ .
16 We had lunches and dinners together but sometimes Judith would stay at home with a headache or because she was tired .
17 My boyfriend said he would stay at home and be the househusband and look after the children and do co co , the cleaning and cooking if I stayed at work .
18 Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while .
19 Commenting on Prost 's alleged statement that he would give Mansell half his salary if the Englishman would stay at Williams , Mansell said : ‘ Prost is full of s*** , The guy just tells so many porky pies . ’
20 I would tut at people trying to climb in wellingtons , and roll my eyes at those in jeans .
21 Carlos told her he would wait at Camp IV while she attempted the summit , which he did until midday on the 13th , when he descended to Camp II at 6,800 metres .
22 There was a large , two-storey garage that when adapted would house a couple of students who would wait at table , and Nigel and I would cook .
23 After giving Lamb directions to the farm and explaining that he would lodge at Bert Weald 's cottage , Jonadab and George turned away .
24 Architecture : The eagle is landing in west London : Swedish architect Ralph Erskine has designed an office block in which Dan Dare would feel at home , should he wish to work in Hammersmith
25 He needed a place of quiet , a good library , and a chapel where the worship was Anglo-Catholic and he would feel at home .
26 Theolonius Monk would feel at home here , and so would John Coltrane .
27 Maybe it would do Isobel good to be dragged out by someone she would feel at home with , and a man of her own age would cause much more of a stir in the neighbourhood .
28 I asked her to prepare everything as it might be in America , so that you would feel at home .
29 I left him as usual to work in peace all day , certain that his reproachful silence which accompanied our mealtimes would lift at night .
30 To observe the parental handling of the situation it must be made clear that the parents are expected to control their children during the session and do what they would do at home .
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