Example sentences of "[pron] would not be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not be at all surprised if the story had been put out by Goreng or his superiors . |
| 2 | I would not be without it now . |
| 3 | I would not be like this . |
| 4 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
| 5 | If I did not believe our politics — our socialism — worthy of majority support , I would not be in politics . |
| 6 | ( If she were alive now , Lily thought , I would not be in this sorry mess … ) |
| 7 | Otherwise our credit society could easily go sour on us , with repercussions for the country 's industry and commerce which would not be to our benefit . |
| 8 | A neutralisation would act to perpetuate the balance of forces that formalised the agreement to neutralise , which would not be in the interest of those parties to the agreement who expect to upgrade their relative involvement in the region over their current level . |
| 9 | However , I am convinced that a further review of the industry at this stage would only create additional uncertainty , which would not be in the interests of the industry , the tenants or the customers . |
| 10 | It is not easy because , carried to extremes , it would be a dangerous policy which would not be unlike that of a bargain hunting housewife at a January sale who buys things she will never use because the price is right . |
| 11 | There was a blaze in her eyes that had not been there before and he could see at once that she would not be at all manageable . |
| 12 | She would not be on this earth much longer . |
| 13 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 14 | Staff had been employed , he claimed , who were grossly inexperienced and ‘ who would not be in a position to question or disagree with any actions being taken by Randolph Fields ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ If you let the pace drop you would not be on the pitch for very long . |
| 16 | If you had no competitors , you would not be in business |
| 17 | If we had somebody to play alongside Gallacher who could pop one in regularly we would not be in our position . |
| 18 | If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission . |
| 19 | Silence for a bit , so there was nothing on them , as there would not be in the normal way of life since Ephraim Humphreys had been a friend of Steve Hilaire 's and they , presumably , had not . |
| 20 | Suppose that eligible recipients have lower incomes : then it is arguable that with the transfer they would not be at the corner solution . |
| 21 | If they were that common they would not be on page one of the paper . |
| 22 | For economy of space occupied by the site of the lift the two inclined ways would generally be side by side and although at the same inclination and extending between the same levels they would not be in the same plane but echeloned so that the one extends , so to speak , from the right side of the head bay to the right side of the tail bay whilst the other extends from the left side of the head bay to the left side of the tail bay . |
| 23 | On talking to parents , we were told that had there been a suitable provision in their own country they would not be in Budapest . |
| 24 | I could see that if the others achieved their work ambitions they would not be in the house all day , and I did not want to be at home on my own . |
| 25 | The people were warned , so that they would not be in danger . |
| 26 | Other women had thought their employment would only be temporary and so believed they would not be in the labour market long enough to build up sufficient contributions . |
| 27 | Rain comforted herself that however disruptive they were , they would not be in there long because they were dealing with everything else with extraordinary speed . |
| 28 | Warrants are also required to be reported within shareholders ' funds , provided they do not contain an obligation to transfer economic benefits ( in which case they would not be within the definition of warrants contained in the [ draft ] FRS ) . |
| 29 | It was also the Leader of the Opposition who said that if he were to abandon socialism he would not be worth voting for . |
| 30 | She could not tell whether he also meant he would not be at the flat long , only long enough to collect his bag and take a taxi to whichever friend 's spare room he had negotiated to borrow . |