Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] would [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Kentucky had not appealed to her but in Leicestershire she would be in more or less familiar surroundings — and Mr Harvey had said he might live here if he so chose .
2 He is also reported to have told British journalists he would be in London in November .
3 He is also reported to have told British journalists he would be in London in November .
4 Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted .
5 Yes to Lochinver yes and that same steamer would be calling in Kinlochbervie and all the villages and this traveller for Hamiltons would be going round beforehand and you would be getting a hundred weight of sugar and tea it would be in a big tea box er er probably er er Ceylon coming from Ceylon but you the whole or you could buy a small quarter .
6 In the first place , I always threatened the orchestra that if they played too loudly I would simply lower them by ten centimetres ; and if they continued , then by the end of the first act they would be in the dungeon .
7 But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment
8 Green it would be in its day . "
9 ‘ If Kevin was in England he would be in care by now … ’
10 Well no the issue is whether any sector is to be discounted because because of the distribution of settlements it would be on balance , difficult to find a location for a new settlement within that sector .
11 ‘ In all the circumstances it would be of considerable help to the BBC if Mr Birt seriously considered resigning , ’ he said .
12 It is a serious and awful affair and I am sure in your own cases you would be of my mind .
13 With any luck she would be on her feet in front of conference some time early tomorrow afternoon .
14 When he was in the dining room she would be in the dairy ; when he wandered out to look at the home fields she would be over the lake by Burtness Wood ; when he made his way to the wood she would retreat up the fell and it was pointless , he rightly guessed , as well as being too open to comment , to pursue her onto the tops .
15 When a car drives slowly into her taxi , stationary at a traffic-clogged crossroads , it is more than the stupid accident it would be in London , New York or Sydney .
16 What a deprivation it would be to be blind !
17 Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year .
18 At an absolute minimum , the worth of the company must be £100m ( in fact , within the next two years it would be worth £25Om . )
19 In later years he would be at the centre oftwo scandalous court cases …
20 And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff .
21 For one moment she thought what fun it would be with them all .
22 Normally on New Year 's Day he would be at home with Mandy .
23 Mr Brown grew up in Darlington where his parents , Mr and Mrs Allan Brown , still live in Coatham Crescent , and in his youth he used to stand at a vantage point near the Whessoe Road/ Honeypot Lane junction to watch the rally cars speeding on their way , never dreaming that one day he would be among them .
24 If Vitor did take her to court it would be in Portugal , where she was a foreigner and where he must have all kinds of contacts , muscle , sway .
25 Of course being nervous he often drank a little too much , so that when he finally looked up at the end of the night it would be with something like desperation , a fear that no one was going to ask him to leave with them ; but the way he looked at you also meant that you knew he would never say no , if you did ask .
26 Edward could see quite clearly behind her shoulder , like the aura visible to spiritualists , the woman she would be in thirty years time .
27 And in a jiffy you would be in the garden , and in another jiffy you would be through the front gate , and in yet another jiffy you would be exploring the marvellous Forest of Sin all by yourself .
28 And in a jiffy you would be in the garden , and in another jiffy you would be through the front gate , and in yet another jiffy you would be exploring the marvellous Forest of Sin all by yourself .
29 At the minimum we would be under pressure to reveal the names of the Chairman .
30 I think also we ought to be guarded about too much detailed discussion of travel distances , we are talking here at most of travel distances of between six and ten miles , in keeping with the policy , erm it seems to me that erm if we we spend too much time on trying to determine whether six or ten miles distant , is is there any great significance in terms of the global environment it would be at least an unproved case , one way or the other , but also there seems to me to be a clear conflict in those who are trying to say that the new settlement proposal falls because not large enough of a site is being proposed , one way and another .
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