Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 2 | Or perhaps I would simply be unable to communicate with people who saw the world in the ‘ old ’ way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I assured myself that it would be only temporary and I would soon be in a flat again , but ‘ temporary ’ turned out to be five years . |
| 5 | I felt dirtied by the corruption of pimps , yet I would soon be free of them for I had just one more job to do , and then I would be loosed to the consolations of Masquerade and to the joys of the South Pacific 's winds . |
| 6 | Little did I think I would soon be playing , or trying to play , this one . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She would have liked to deny me the gin and vermouth I was craving , but I would soon be a married woman and she could n't . |
| 10 | But yes , I would rather be at home if I had the choice . |
| 11 | One stockbroking source said last night : ‘ There are a certain number of people who have already said : ‘ Listen , if I 'm going to get clobbered , I would rather be transferred , or maybe I could find someone else who can transfer me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I would rather be in my situation than the one that David Pleat , Neil Warnock [ Notts Co ] and Billy Bonds [ West Ham ] find themselves in . |
| 13 | If the chips are down I would rather be tried by an average jury than the CAA or SIB . |
| 14 | ‘ I would rather be here than in Portugal . ’ |
| 15 | I would rather be the creator of my own success . |
| 16 | Thus far the sub-text had a certain logic , but fear ( or , rather , anxiety ) can lead to panic , and the second part could have been expressed as , ‘ I do n't want to be a woman because I would rather be myself . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 18 | However , given the choice , if that is a choice , there is no question as to which I would rather be . |
| 19 | And I would rather be yours than anybody 's in the whole world ! |
| 20 | Then I would rather be dead . |
| 21 | I would rather be here at Wuthering Heights with her , even if I 'm punished by Joseph and that wicked Hindley , than at Thrushcross Grange with those two fools ! ’ |
| 22 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 23 | P.S. I would rather be ‘ disturbed ’ that ‘ normal ’ like you . |
| 24 | I am a self-contained person : neat and elegant : or was until I met Eleanor , who , disgraced , childless , alone , sprawled and wriggled against the shiny black sofa with the big red flowers , and I knew I would rather be her , her life out of control , than me as I was with Lou ; a woman whom an editor could describe as ‘ the mistress of controlled reportage ’ . |
| 25 | The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe . |
| 26 | Then you and I would both be sorry . |
| 27 | And after that fight , I would either be dead and at peace , or alive and free … free to be happy with Elizabeth . |
| 28 | I suppose I must have been intending to explain to Mr Farraday how I would thus be able to explore an option which might prove the ideal solution to our present small problems here in this house . |
| 29 | I looked forward to the visit not only because visitors from Lord Darlington 's days are most rare now — Mr Farraday 's circle , naturally , being quite different from his lordship 's — but also because I presumed Mr Graham would accompany Sir James as of old , and I would thus be able to get his opinion on this question of bantering . |
| 30 | The pronoun I would thus be rendered " the person who is experiencing this " ( for severe difficulties with such a view , see Gale , 1968 ) . |