Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] would be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant governor [ AG ] who I saw four days after I got into prison told me I 'd be going to Cookham Wood or Bullwood Hall in two to three weeks . |
| 2 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 3 | I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably said he thought two o'clock every afternoon I 'll remember what I can of Book of Isaiah you know . |
| 4 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 5 | As she gaped at him he went on calmly , ‘ I told them you would be staying at the palazzo and asked them to have your luggage repacked and sent over here . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 'd want to mind who you 'd be talkin' to in this place , ’ he protested . |
| 7 | Well I would say , I mean you you would be working on that and then be working on something else . |
| 8 | I mean you know if if you were complaining about something or if you were asking for something you 'd be asking for it because you knew what you wanted only as you said it 's all about being clear about what you want |
| 9 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 10 | ‘ I think if you asked most players in England if they 'd like to swap places with me they 'd be jumping over the top of each other to do it . |
| 11 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I told him I 'd be speaking to you soon . ’ |
| 13 | I mean — high , … if … you did n't know who was singin' , you would n't be lookin' for him you would be lookin' for her . ’ |
| 14 | So when the personnel officer told her she 'd be hearing from them in the next two days , Muriel went away optimistic . |
| 15 | Ace had warned her they would be leaving by helicopter , but where they would be going she had no idea . |
| 16 | He told me he would be phoning in copy to the Sun although , having no sex angle , they might not be interested . |
| 17 | I think , I hope we 've pointed out to you the essential differences between what Brian would be looking for as a , as a magazine editor if you like , and what I would be looking for as a , as a news editor . |
| 18 | What I would be looking for there is that you 've got a council , I do n't know how many people there are , and you 've got a thousand plus tonnes of waste you know you 've got a waste mountain being produced . |
| 19 | Money was the issue , because he used to spend his money on hobbies and I 'd never know what I 'd be getting from week to week and some weeks I 'd not get anything . |
| 20 | There was no variety at all — you knew exactly what you would be doing at any given moment of the week . |
| 21 | So if you were serious about promoting social housing over time what you would be working for is not a stop go economy in housing , not a stopped go regime in terms of halas housing finance , but a stable , a long term commitment towards er er a financial regime that will actually bring that housing through and that is something you have not done . |
| 22 | What we would be dealing with are more of the implications , or this is how , for whatever reasons , it has come to pass that people write journalistic stories in this kind of way — might there not be other , better , more adequate ways of writing journalistic stories ? |
| 23 | We have included ‘ answers ’ to the three introductory cases in order to give you an idea of what we would be looking for if we were marking your responses . |
| 24 | What we would be looking for from you is a talk of some 15–20 minutes duration outlining what can be done for public transport by traffic management techniques and perhaps illustrated by some Lothian examples , together with a willingness to answer any questions which may be put to you . |
| 25 | Following the ceremony , thanked the guests for coming and briefly explained what they would be seeing on their tour of the working factory , which is expected to boost the Company 's production to over 50,000 tonnes during 1990 . |
| 26 | Therefore the daily life of the Woodies , which had depended almost entirely on knowing what they would be doing on any given day six months hence , fell into disrepair . |
| 27 | The only way to compare them is to calculate what they would be paying over the whole 25 years if neither of them moved from their present home . |
| 28 | in comparison with what they would be paying for a market stall then it would be it 's way out of their their |
| 29 | That is what it would be paying under the previous regime of the last Labour Government . |