Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wanted to make it rich I 'd be Private Eye 's libel lawyer . |
| 2 | And so the first memories is in the meadows of Nottingham , going to infant school about the age do n't remember starting , but perhaps I 'd be six years of age , and it was a little church school and they were all lady teachers and most of them Mrs and not the Miss which is nowadays er more common . |
| 3 | Perhaps I 'd be better buying mail order , I thought ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd be employing women for sewing . |
| 5 | We did n't live together because I felt it would be years before I 'd be reasonable company for another human being . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd be ten years , about . |
| 7 | I 'd be able vote there would I ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd be happier making up my own mind about this — thanks for your interest . ’ |
| 9 | Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act . |
| 10 | I , I mean I , I , I w I could n't say that I would be happy being in the house all the time . |
| 11 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
| 12 | If Dennis dumped her , Karen and I would be another Trish and Brian . |
| 13 | Can I just reassure Mr that if actually we were not , er , if we were discussing an increase in members allowances then I would be fair square with him . |
| 14 | Someone would be sweating steam in their sleep , someone 's baby would be face down on her pillow ; Belle 's grandmother knew what was wrong without being told and always righted it if it could be done . |
| 15 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 16 | If we win against both Spain and Japan that could give us a shot against South Africa in the quarter-finals , which would be tremendous news for Scottish rugby back home ’ , said Rutherford . |
| 17 | He is in no doubt about the reasons : ‘ Lack of marketing awareness , a lack of technological awareness , and a lack of financial control which would be second nature in most industries . ’ |
| 18 | As far as the citizenship of entitlement as formulated by Marshall is concerned , Labour is opposed to the introduction of a Bill of Rights , for example , which would be one way of restoring the civil and political rights which have been eroded in recent years . |
| 19 | He agreed with Tuttle that the Laetoli creatures were not curling their toes under which would be one way to suggest that proof of compatibility — and one species — is based on a composite foot spanning both time and species . |
| 20 | Optimistic investors hope that America 's economic growth is picking up , which would be good news for company profits . |
| 21 | ‘ With equipment like this , the legal limit of exhaust emissions could be further reduced which would be good news for the environment , ’ said Dr Coles , of Swansea University . |
| 22 | Local consultation on the road which would be dual carriageway , with a possible extension is due to end next week . |
| 23 | It 's it 's also the main area of housing demand , it 's also the main area where employers want to locate around around North Yorkshire , and I think most importantly , if its development needs are not met , these can wo n't be satisfactorily diverted elsewhere , they will continue unresolved which would be continual pressure on the edge of the urban area , and on on the greenbelt , and if that holds the effect would of course be that the tight greenbelt would mean that economic growth in the county would be frustrated , because York is the main centre where employment growth is concentrated , and I would think , I would consider that that solution of a tight greenbelt plus not making sufficient provision for development needs elsewhere in York would be contrary to P P G three paragraph three , which I 'm sure you 're aware of . |
| 24 | The Westminster Press cost budget is now adjusted and they 're currently trading at a nine percent margin which would be ten percent if it was n't for the er , expenditure on er , Yorkshire on Sunday er , the circulation of which is growing very nicely . |
| 25 | This is what happens with tax exempt sources and by looking at a TESSA and assuming you pay the maximum each year which are those figures and assuming that the interest rate stays at seven and a half percent , it wo n't but it 's seven and a half percent at the moment , then this is what happens , at the end of the first year you 've put in your three thousand your interest at seven and a half percent is two twenty five and you would otherwise pay tax at fifty six at twenty five percent or twenty or forty which would be those figures , but you do n't . |
| 26 | and she 'd be wanting uniform ones |
| 27 | If her own mind could play tricks like that , she 'd be easy meat for any of those giant prawns . |
| 28 | All she needed was a pair of shooters slung from her hip and she 'd be little Annie Oakley , she thought derisively , reaching instead for her favourite Navajo belt . |
| 29 | But if you went in the horse box on your single you 'd be all day getting there . |
| 30 | you 'd be all pooey ! |