Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paddy and I shared the neurosis of spending longer than necessary calculating where we would be on what date if we maintained that day 's speed . |
| 2 | Belief , in this sense , facilitates a more abstract acceptance of conformity ; it leads us to conform in the absence of immediate personal advantage from doing so ( or even where it would be to our advantage not to do so ) . |
| 3 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 4 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 5 | He had warned her that she would be on her own , with only the butler for company , until Saturday when he returned . |
| 6 | And Father as we think together further , about our worship , about the life of our church family , we pray that you would be with us n this meeting . |
| 7 | CATHERINE That you would be like my sister , not caring any more . |
| 8 | Much more scared by yourself than you would be with me . |
| 9 | Well , she had been warned , so she would be on her guard . |
| 10 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 11 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 12 | After much thought , I have decided that it would be in everyone 's interests to terminate the lessons . |
| 13 | ‘ The biggest challenge was convincing the government that a change in policy was necessary — and that it would be in everyone 's best interest , ’ commented Rupert Kidd . |
| 14 | Although our son had only one more year to spend at Liphook Junior School , we decided that it would be in his best interests to send him to another state school in Haslemere . |
| 15 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 16 | The doctor may withhold all or part of the report from you if he thinks that it would be in your interest , or that of others , to do so . |
| 17 | In the circumstances I must advise you that it would be in your best interest to accept this offer with no further delay . |
| 18 | Erm so that it would be in our view desirable that the level of provision for York was that which was realistic to er to accommodate , in this case it appears to be thirty three hectares and that the er the a additional element should be located in in or between the other districts in the Greater York area . |
| 19 | There are plenty of cases in which each member of a co-operating group is better off than it would be on its own . |
| 20 | Furthermore , my own analysis of the Technics arrangement suggest that it is sensitive to loudspeaker impedance variations ; under some conditions the performance is worse with the subsidiary amplifier than it would be without it . |
| 21 | * A companion horse nearby will keep the horse calmer than it would be without it . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just saying that it 's easier for me than it would be for your average Englishman . |
| 23 | He sat there until his eyelids began to droop , then phoned the switchboard and told them that he would be at his hotel . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So , one would have thought that he would be in his element in the 19 Waltzes of Chopin . |
| 26 | I would be putting everything I needed into the horse box until about ten o'clock and at about half past ten my horse and it 's tack would be in there as well and I would be on my way with my day to an eleven thirty meet at a pub nearby . |
| 27 | Only a few hours and she would be with him again . |
| 28 | Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage . |
| 29 | As soon as Dennis arrived , she would bandage him up and they would be on their way by five thirty . |
| 30 | The stress had already afected their health and they would be in their 70s before the project was completed . |