Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] would be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money from the sale of an old cup that turned out to be valuable , that would be different ; Gran would take it , without much thanks to Ben for his trouble , and perhaps it would be the end of all her struggles . |
| 2 | ‘ But for that youthful aberration on your father 's part , you and not I would be the Earl of Kinmuire , ’ Mr Harvey had said . |
| 3 | Soon it would be the time for her evening drink : " Just the one , Gigi , do n't you think ? " she would croon when the old bird , freed from her cage , crawled up to crouch against her cheek . |
| 4 | Well , erm , what kinds of changes can be performed on me and still it would be the case that it 's me ? |
| 5 | probably it would be the efficiency with which my artists ' careers are dealt with , and my brain . |
| 6 | He thought that probably it would be the evening before Jagatan woke , but he needed to discuss certain matters with him before he left for Kinsai . |
| 7 | They were about ten hours in front and if she rang them now it would be the middle of the night . |
| 8 | Here it would be the peasants . |
| 9 | And they won a big prize — nowadays it would be the price of a family car . |
| 10 | Presumably it would be the Yard who investigated this one , rather than the regional crime squad . |
| 11 | In railway terms there were awkwardnesses ; all trains had to include goods and cattle as well as passengers ; sometimes it would be the cattle rather than the passengers who finished up opposite the Lydham Heath platform ; and in my grandmother 's day , Cadwallader had had on occasions to shout in broadest Shropshire to the driver ; ‘ hitch up the train a bit , Harry . |
| 12 | About one of these ‘ The Vandalist ’ which was presented by ACT Theatre Company and which is an adaptation of , one reviewer in a national paper said that in a festival abroad it would be the talk of the town . |
| 13 | Then it would be the left . |
| 14 | He is an experienced , professional negotiator and if both sides agree to arbitration then he would be the man involved . ’ |