Example sentences of "it would soon [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the 1960s went by , cynics began to observe that barrack building in an overseas territory was a sure sign that it would soon be granted its independence ! |
| 2 | I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it . |
| 3 | The result is that if a Japanese firm was systematically making investments using its earnings yield as a measure of the cost of capital , it would soon be making a loss . |
| 4 | Sometimes a toy car would have its moment of glory , but it would soon be forgotten . |
| 5 | The women were told it would soon be mended , but by the time it came for bed it still was n't repaired , although probably all it needed was a new fuse . |
| 6 | BY THE time it actually became based in Reading in 1971 , the National Jazz , Blues & Rock Festival — as it would soon be known — had begun to epitomise all that was ominous about sitting on an ex-council rubbish tip amidst capricious weather and listening to the sound of the beat boom go bum . |