Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [be] all " in BNC.

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1 She had given birth at a time when she thought miscarriages would be all she ever knew .
2 The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to …
3 The wheels would be all right for a couple of days ; then they 'd become ten times worse and they 'd have to come to the smithy .
4 Villagers would be all the more anxious to get the responsibility for him off their hands .
5 And if it was pre-theatre the diners would be all edgy and watching their watches .
6 He told people of a bag he 'd lent to her and which was found with her body ; He said his fingerprints would be all over his wife 's cars steering wheel ; and he told the police she 's been violent and upset when he left him .
7 Of course the top boys would be all right .
8 He also remarked , significantly : If it were not for the Union , I venture to think that women would be all over the London trade .
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