Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pers pn] would [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mrs Blackler of the agency advised me that you would be in touch . ’
2 He sat there until his eyelids began to droop , then phoned the switchboard and told them that he would be at his hotel .
3 ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman .
4 I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing .
5 In the circumstances I must advise you that it would be in your best interest to accept this offer with no further delay .
6 Elsewhere Pemberton 's status as " reflector " ( seep 174 ) is evident in the assertion of statements which no one but he would be in a position to verify : " it cost hint such an effort to broach the subject of terms " .
7 At Bethel , the place of the vision of the stairway to heaven , God promised him that he would be with him , that he would keep him wherever he went , that he would bring him back to the Land , and would not leave him .
8 Then , pulling a large white ashtray towards him so it would be within easy reach , he lit a cigarette .
9 He had warned her that she would be on her own , with only the butler for company , until Saturday when he returned .
10 Her father also told her that she would be among friends .
11 In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow .
12 The war had interrupted and postponed many a career , J's amongst them , and he had three years ' university ahead of him before he would be in any position to marry .
13 ( ii ) gave money to the addict in your life because he or she would be in trouble if you did not .
14 Boullee was the architect of the sublime , and he said that there should be poetry in architecture , and that men should be moved emotionally by it as they would be by a poem .
15 Much more scared by yourself than you would be with me .
16 ‘ It is not so bad for us because we would be at home in the first leg , ’ said Blues chairman David Campbell .
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