Example sentences of "but [pers pn] would be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I told him I had too much homework that night but I would be free on Saturday . ’ |
| 2 | Crosby said : ‘ I have not spoken to Norwich but I would be interested in Crook . |
| 3 | ‘ Various people have given me the names of its chauffeurs over the years — , and , but I would be glad of any further information anyone may have of this wonderful carriage ’ he said . |
| 4 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |
| 5 | You will understand that because of the big financial interests involved it 's important that rumours should n't start flying about , but I 'd be grateful for your views . " |
| 6 | But I 'd be grateful for anything — even some idea of the scale of the funds they 've been filching . |
| 7 | George Sanders was out of the running now , having been hauled in as an enemy spy , but I 'd be interested in knowing who precisely had tipped the Feds off to his brokerage for state secrets in the suburbs . |
| 8 | I would throw my boyfriend out , but I 'd be scared of living alone . |
| 9 | Hardly a candidate for success you might think but you would be wrong to the tune of £120m because that 's how much it took at the US box-office . |
| 10 | But you 'd be one of the oldest . |
| 11 | As far as they have been able to check , they believe that they are the only two Scottish CAs in partnership together in Australia , but we would be interested in hearing from anyone who thinks that they might have a claim to that title . |
| 12 | But they would be impressed by you winning the order of merit — especially in Ryder Cup year . ’ |
| 13 | had to take a sort of erm south to erm not just thought of both the names and the other one but they would be nearer to Exeter but it would n't be sort of in Exeter itself I was thinking , you know , probably get erm you know , see if there 's any new houses being built there and what sort of price and what have you . |
| 14 | By comparison the PIRA may view its action as of little consequence — a perverted act of war in a vicious campaign — but they would be wrong for , by this act on top of so many others , they have turned the Ireland of hope and dreams into a nightmare of guilt , shame , resentment , remorse , anger and grief . |
| 15 | Well , I could , but they 'd be meaningless in a sense . |
| 16 | ‘ But he would be worried about his youngest daughter if he did know , nej ? ’ |
| 17 | Not only would this be an effective riposte — ‘ Touché , ’ he might validly say on his release — but he would be safe in the reassuring knowledge that he need no longer worry about testicular cancer . |
| 18 | He would not , of course , be alone in being exposed in the General Prologue and enhancing the adverse view of himself by his own Prologue — consider , for instance , the Pardoner — but he would be alone in then telling a tale which clinches the destruction of any claim to a good character he might have ; a tale without any redeeming features , which the tales of even the worst of the corrupt clerics , the Friar and the Pardoner , have . |
| 19 | But he would be happy to be ‘ Godfather ’ to the project . |
| 20 | I do not believe that point has been reached ; but it would be disingenuous for me to deny that it could exist . |
| 21 | In discussion with the son about possible services it was discovered that hospital day care could be arranged , but it would be humiliating for the family to have an ambulance call at the home . |
| 22 | Personally , I have no strong views on substitution or replacement , but it would be better for the image of the game as a whole if sham injuries were removed by allowing teams to substitute players if they so wished . |
| 23 | The only person there was Gran , and she was asleep , but it would be better to be with her than downstairs in the kitchen , alone . |
| 24 | But it would be well for British business to remind itself occasionally of the message contained in Figure 1 ( page 60 ) : the fastest-growing markets are not in Europe . |
| 25 | There might indeed be truth in that assessment , but it would be far from the whole truth . |
| 26 | It 's probably unnecessary attention at this point in my career but it would be good for the sport in this country . |
| 27 | ‘ We probably would n't win the case , but it would be good for a laugh . ’ |
| 28 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It will be a good-looking pig , but it would be terrible to be a child with a face like that . ’ |
| 30 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |