Example sentences of "'d [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And without some of Bob Dylan 's songs we 'd be at a huge loss . |
| 2 | They 'd be at a loose end when it was over , which would be the time to approach them . |
| 3 | He 'd be at a loss without work . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd be on a hiding to nothing , ’ said Joe , ‘ and that would probably include being shot at dawn . |
| 5 | And once I got my A.S.O. I 'd be on a scientific grade and could work myself up . |
| 6 | I could n't know I 'd be on a murder case . " |
| 7 | If he was n't there then I would say that you you 'd be on a sticky wicket , because most terms of employment say that if you er have a driving licence and you lose it then your employment will automatically finish . |
| 8 | they they 'd be on a farm if he wants . |
| 9 | Well she 'd be on a form , yes . |
| 10 | But certainly , if we have something like fifty applications , then we 'd be into a much more complex procedure . |
| 11 | I did n't realize you 'd o you had n't said that I 'd be off a couple |
| 12 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 13 | As for me , I had to wait the whole summer and into the late autumn for rehearsals of The Jungle Book to begin , so I went back to South London , happy in the knowledge that soon I 'd be in a professional production and there 'd be someone in the cast for me to fall in love with . |
| 14 | Then they 'd be in a position to tell their parents what had happened . |
| 15 | We went from one corner of the country to another and we stayed in palaces and magnificent hotels and played in beautiful little theatres , and then two weeks later , we 'd be in a dark bungalow with cockroaches and snakes in the loo , where they had desks tied together with string for a stage . |
| 16 | He 'd be in a state of high excitement , remember . |
| 17 | I 'd be in a club till 2 o'clock in the morning and then come home , sit down and be bored until the morning started and then I 'd be walking round , taking the dog for a walk in the park . |
| 18 | Even when they did , it tended to be in flippant terms ; for example , one student remarked that without physics ‘ we 'd be in a right mess for a start ’ ; another that ‘ we 'd still be in the caves ’ . |
| 19 | I do n't like to remind you of this , but if it was n't for me , you 'd be in a bedsit somewhere now , living off the DHSS . |
| 20 | And then he 'd be in a rare way because our employer was not out of bed . |
| 21 | Word was a year or two ago that the joints were popping with air-hostesses , models and career women : five minutes , a couple of lite beers , and you 'd be in a hotel room or service flat with some little darling doing the splits on your face . |
| 22 | " I always knew I 'd be in a book one day , " she said , reaching once more for Debonair , " and now , John , that dream has been realized . " |
| 23 | If the police had Timmy , he 'd be in a cell . |
| 24 | Then I got myself dressed so that I 'd be in a fit state when the ambulance men arrived . |
| 25 | I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three . |
| 26 | W if anybody else leaves you 'd be in a position to make the complaint examiner appointment , you 're saying . |
| 27 | So you 've got quite a lot of time Now , there 's some spare ones of these on the front as well When you get this scr scrub out item number eleven which is on the back because these are the notes that w went out for the social psychology exam And I would be you 'd be in a little bit of trouble if you revised wh influences of text ha b li had literature had on our lives , discuss three books , cos it ai n't gon na be on this paper |
| 28 | I 'd be in a right state without it . ’ |
| 29 | I would n't dare eat them I 'd be in a terrible state . |
| 30 | Oh what standing not ambulance , I thought he 'd be in a wheelchair |