Example sentences of "that [pron] would [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics . |
| 2 | Les Stewart , Senior Manager at Oban , who has responsibility for Scarinish , had perceptively anticipated that I would not be over-extended during my stay on the island . |
| 3 | ‘ I knew that I would not be allowed to box but I proved a point by showing up , ’ he said . |
| 4 | If , on the basis of this , I were to proceed to make very careful observations of the weights of a wide variety of human earlobes , recording and categorizing the many observations , I think it is clear that I would not be making any significant contribution to science . |
| 5 | ‘ You could not guarantee that I would n't be blown up . |
| 6 | I was terrified that I would n't be accepted . |
| 7 | Naturally I knew that I would n't be wandering unnoticed . |
| 8 | I told her that I would n't be leaving without her ladyship 's mourning clothes . |
| 9 | Football meant standing on a muddy pitch hoping the ball would n't come anywhere near me , so that I would n't be forced to tackle some vicious little boy who really cared who won the game . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd like to think that I can offer useful opinions on other positions , and that I would n't be confined to just the back row , ’ he said . |
| 11 | You might just remind your team that I would n't be working with IMP if they did n't think I was up to the job . |
| 12 | A disappointed Wilkinson explained : ‘ From a football aspect my point of view was that I would n't be letting Batty go . |
| 13 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
| 14 | But while my heart was aching for Estella , I had no idea that I would soon be hit by a disaster which would completely destroy my hopes and dreams . |
| 15 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 16 | On the other hand , the inspector 's belief that I would never be punished proved only too true when I returned to London and the inquest was held . |
| 17 | Becky assumed that she would not be seeing the young officer again . |
| 18 | Though she was being forced to work for Vass , at least she could be thankful that she would not be called upon to endure the misery of working alongside him ! |
| 19 | And if that was n't a big enough blow to Travis 's hopes , Rosemary , in the cold light of morning , told Travis that she would not be accepting any more invitations to the flat opposite for supper either . |
| 20 | He was hoping that she would not be left alone after his death . |
| 21 | Under hypnosis Sylvia remembered being adamant in her refusal to join in a game of hide and seek , which would have involved her in hiding in isolated , cramped and possibly dark surroundings so that she would not be found . |
| 22 | She ‘ knew ’ that she would not be returning ; no-one had ever seen her fridge in need of care and they were n't going to now . |
| 23 | Her mother had n't warned her that she would n't be seeing Doctor Rice . |
| 24 | Late in the evening , she finally slipped up to her bedroom , walking barefooted so that she would n't be heard . |
| 25 | She was taking eight months ' leave without pay from Coronation , but in the back of her mind was the odd feeling that she would n't be going back , and she did n't quite know what it meant . |
| 26 | By now she was awake enough to feel a stab of regret that she would n't be going out to glide over the surface of that calm blue water after all . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it was due entirely to his efforts that she would n't be spending her first night in Gibraltar in a prison cell . |
| 28 | Just before seven she left Jed to pick out some toys and books to be taking with him — and it 's got to be a portable amount , she warned and went to check that she would n't be needed for a while . |
| 29 | Realising that she would probably be dismissed on the spot if Esther should discover her , she closeted herself in the pantry and proceeded to pour herself a glass of sarsaparilla from the big earthenware jug there . |
| 30 | He was playing her like an angler with a fish and knew that she would soon be netted . |