Example sentences of "they would [be] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But the corporation says that 5000 jobs could be created by the scheme , although few of them would be at the airport itself .
2 Such large nests and so many of them would be in the way on the earth .
3 Er after deliberate first we wondered whether they ought to go through onto the racecourse and then we decided no probably the best place for them would be round the back of the main stand .
4 Honestly if it was them that had to stuff those navy blue fitted sheets into the automatic after he 's been home they 'd be Under No Delusions .
5 they they 'd be on a farm if he wants .
6 The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up .
7 That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge .
8 They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan .
9 They 'd be at a loose end when it was over , which would be the time to approach them .
10 They 'd be at the would n't they ?
11 Struggling peasants they 'd be for the most part , trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times .
12 That they 'd be among the lucky ones .
13 ‘ If Leeds played like that more often they 'd be near the top , ’ he said .
14 Then they 'd be in a position to tell their parents what had happened .
15 So for things to get better they had to get worse ; the worse they were the better they 'd be in the future ; they could n't even start to get better before they 'd started to go drastically downhill .
16 I would n't think they 'd be in the lounge .
17 they 'd be out the way
18 Thereafter they would be into the East March , and following the enemy would be less straightforward , with the country opening out and various routes possible — into the Merse , down the Scots side of Tweed , down the English side , or southwards into the Till valley of Northumberland .
19 In all fairness , they would be under a great deal of pressure .
20 If solutions were to be found they would be of a technological nature .
21 Arguments amongst the girls would break out but they would be of a trivial nature to begin with .
22 On the front of the astrolabe there was a thin plate ( the tympan ) on which was engraved a stereographic projection of the lines of altitude and azimuth ( angular distance along the horizon ) as they would be for an observer at a given latitude .
23 If someone were asked , ‘ is salt masculine or feminine ’ , they would be at a loss ; the question only makes sense if they are asked to compare salt with pepper .
24 The clearing banks as well as the discount houses have the opportunity to buy Treasury bills on such occasions , as otherwise they would be at a substantial disadvantage compared with the discount houses in finding an outlet for surplus funds .
25 They would be at the light barricade at the bottom of the dip in ten minutes .
26 After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day .
27 Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ .
28 They would be on the same corridor as him in the Embassy 's accommodation annexe , and later they would talk through the case history together .
29 ‘ Look , ’ he said , braking and getting out — at least they would be on the same level then , instead of her being ten frigid feet tall and him crouching six inches high in the driving seat of his car — ‘ about last night … ’
30 But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment
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