Example sentences of "they 'd [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well one of them 'd be handy for Jonathan 's bedroom |
| 2 | That was a tune they 'd be familiar with — oh , by God they would . |
| 3 | Norman 's neighbours say they 'd be sad to see the face go . |
| 4 | They 'd be good old heavy , honest , rough |
| 5 | I 've gone to see my favourite players play — I 'd see them one night and they 'd be phenomenal and I 'd like the show so much that I would go the next night , drive two hours to see it and it would suuuuck ! and that 's just the way it is . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd think they 'd be intrigued at a chance to play detectives . |
| 7 | I 'm sure they 'd be delighted to meet you . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'd be delighted to see you , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 9 | And then the the ships shuddered and and some would go down by the stern and others would topple up and they 'd be great fountains of water . |
| 10 | With sons they 'd be powerful voice in village politics . |
| 11 | Oh , well these are substantial houses and I would imagine that for the six houses we could get twelve families , twelve families housed immediately , they 'd be substantial houses . |
| 12 | Perhaps they 'd be malevolent , ugly and aggressive . |
| 13 | Like if an older band started saying some of the things that we do then they 'd be sexist because they 're older and more respectable . |
| 14 | ‘ They 'd be terrible for anyone as a mother and father . ’ |
| 15 | Several of the photographers and columnists were already drifting in in the hope of an early drink ( they 'd be unlucky — we could n't serve drinks before twelve ) . |
| 16 | say that you 're not allowed to , to run those because they 'd be contrary to the directive , but er we 'd have to wait and see |
| 17 | Daddy sits a lot , doing nothing and muttering to himself and Mummy 's just retreated — she never starts a conversation , or asks a question , or — You 'd think they 'd be over-anxious about me , their one remaining child and perhaps they are , but they have miserable ways of showing it . |
| 18 | They told me they 'd be useful . " |
| 19 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 20 | When Clark had to hire someone to become chief executive of the new regulatory authority , the Treasury gave him a list of nine admirals , seventeen generals and six air marshals and told him they 'd be disappointed if he did n't find the right chap among them . |
| 21 | And so th union er er issued er er a a leaflet affair and said that they 'd be pleased to receive loans from any of the members . |
| 22 | Its owners say they 'd be pleased to allow a memorial on the site . |
| 23 | They 'd be blinking , their heads tilted at him , all at different angles . |
| 24 | ‘ They 'd be perfect for the Caribbean , for instance . ’ |
| 25 | You were very tightly corseted , which makes any exertion almost impossible because if you ca n't fill your lungs to take enough air then obviously you ca n't take enough exercise , which is why a lot of women would faint with shock or horror because any sort of sharp intake of breath , and they 'd be flat on their backs , unconscious . |
| 26 | They 'd be trendy as . |
| 27 | They 'd be sorry , come looking for him . |
| 28 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 29 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 30 | They 'd be sorry , one day . |