Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] would [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see now how wrong I was , and yet when I told the king that without resorting to such action I would still be in the granite quarries and so unable to do his bidding , he understood and forgave me . |
| 2 | I fancy that across the channel where Napoleon 's wars were ravaging all Europe , our two innkeepers fell flat as pancakes , and were it not for the felicities of their translator they would scarcely be worth comment . |
| 3 | If she had told him then , or even when the man had reappeared in her life at Helmsley she would now be on firmer ground . |
| 4 | If Rune had n't insisted on her presence at the presentation she would still be in England . |
| 5 | The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out . |
| 6 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 7 | At that rate she 'd soon be through the wood and gone . |
| 8 | She pointed to the sleek white pleasure yacht which I had seen lying at anchor at the foot of the small hill , and chaffed Baker , ‘ I always have the feeling he 'd rather be on the water than on dry land . |
| 9 | If she had had any sense she would still be in London , planning her next social function with her friends , instead of slinking off to the south of France because she had felt claustrophobic , because she needed to formulate a way of telling her fiancé that their engagement was off . |
| 10 | I do n't know , although if I were a rich rock star I 'd probably be on the phone to Mr. Manson before you could say ‘ creative accounting ’ . |
| 11 | With the tournament due to start in a couple of weeks ' time they would soon be past the point of no return . |