Example sentences of "[pers pn] would be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 2 | But if I was studying the daisy family here , I 'd be looking at plants from the size of daisies as we know them , to plants the size of trees . |
| 3 | I think I 'd be looking at two to three weeks |
| 4 | If I were a scientist , perhaps I 'd be looking at it , and say , what does that mean in terms of weather , what does it mean in terms of pressure , is it cumulus cloud or says , what other cloud . |
| 5 | If I was spending £500-ish on amplification , I 'd be looking for good second-hand gear , and there 's loads of that about . |
| 6 | So if the president of my company calls from Allentown and says Ricky I 'd like to see you in my office on the thirtieth , I do n't say I 'm sorry Steve , it 's catch up day , I say what time would be convenient for you Sir , because you know , otherwise I , I 'd be looking for a job . |
| 7 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 8 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 9 | You know , hardly get a go-round in the in the Dictionary of Quotations but at least you got the person there which is right , but in actual fact , how I might have treated that and I might what might have grabbed me a little bit more would have been the story which I would be looking for , I 'd be looking for my journalist to turn that into and therefore you might as well try and do it for us , because journalists like , like count on your labour , as I |
| 10 | Then I 'd be looking after you for both products and what I want to do is have a look at all the standard bearings you take to see if there is potential for a supply . |
| 11 | Normally I 'd be reaching for ‘ annihilate ’ button when faced with such an ‘ aware ’ and ‘ right-on ’ selection of topics but Leatherface succeed where so many others have failed by virtue of the tuneful tempestuousness of their music , an assault with melody , muscle and sheer conviction which is irresistible , and the fact that Frankie Stubbs never sounds like a po-faced preacher — unlike a certain other native of the North-East whose name I can hardly type without sending my blood-pressure into the red . |
| 12 | I 'd be breaking into houses , doing robberies . |
| 13 | I think if I were fourteen or fifteen years old looking towards leaving school , average ability , I 'd be thinking to myself ‘ Well , what 's the point of working at school ? |
| 14 | I would n't enjoy myself anyway , I expect , I 'd be thinking of you . |
| 15 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 16 | She added : ‘ I never thought I 'd be living like this when I married Charles . |
| 17 | I 'd be sending for the police . |
| 18 | I mean , personally I do n't think Terry 's very good at interviews , I think I 'd be flying in the face of public opinion if I said he was . |
| 19 | If it was n't for Captain Eric here , I 'd be getting into trouble . ’ |
| 20 | Money was the issue , because he used to spend his money on hobbies and I 'd never know what I 'd be getting from week to week and some weeks I 'd not get anything . |
| 21 | And then after that I 'd be drinking like a pint every twenty minutes or so . |
| 22 | Too late for any more useful sleep , I 'd be leaving for London at six to avoid the rush . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , I told him I 'd be speaking to you soon . ’ |
| 24 | If I was 12 years old I 'd be squealing in the stalls as well . |
| 25 | ‘ I never thought I 'd be seeing in the New Year with Will Carling and company in Lanzarote . |
| 26 | ‘ When I told Blixa I 'd be playing on the LP , his response was , ‘ Oh good — less work for me to do ! ’ |
| 27 | All the way I 'd be talking to myself in my head , saying , ‘ Um , yes , that 's a so-and-so , ’ practising my identification skills . |
| 28 | According to Lucy : ‘ It 's a fing like , I 'd be talking to Carol , right , and she 's with Ann … ’ |
| 29 | So I always sit up in bed for ages really wide awake , and I 'm reading and doing all sorts of thinking like things , and I 'd be talking to Ben , and he would say yeah , yeah , and he 's really vague as well , and I , I get really angry and then I think you can tell because then you tend to lean across and say , are you alright , are you alright , and I just find it makes it worse . |
| 30 | Like I 'd be talking like this and suddenly it 'll go . |