Example sentences of "would [verb] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone would think she was under threat of something . |
| 2 | It was a nightmare , anyone reading the papers would think I was on my last legs . |
| 3 | ‘ Anyone would think you were in love , ’ one of her colleagues teased . |
| 4 | The equivalent Japanese , transported to modern Tokyo would think he was on a different planet ! |
| 5 | Eleanor would think he was in a cancer ward and be impressed by his bravery and pity him . |
| 6 | The voice he puts on for the customers , you would think he was in daily contact with the Lord Mayor or the Duke . |
| 7 | If she has a job I would think it was in jeopardy by now . ’ |
| 8 | With any luck Emily would think it was from their previous ride . |
| 9 | No answer from me — if there was an Umpire , he would know what was in my heart — instead I gave myself orders , pumping myself up with little pecks of the head : Concentrate . |
| 10 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
| 11 | If I really believed then I would know they were in heaven , in eternal life , and I should be so glad about that . |
| 12 | But he knew he would not see them here — they were much further north and anyway he would know he was near them when the crows gave way to a different more sinister corvid-the hooded crows , the vicious crows whose kind had once nearly succeeded in killing Minch when she was trapped near Callanish . |
| 13 | When I was at school and I got a row , my mother and father would assume I was in the wrong . |
| 14 | Therefore , I know it 's in my title deeds and I would assume it 's in his title deeds . |
| 15 | When the cup was broken , they would remember it being on the table , but when it was on the table , they would not remember it being on the floor . |
| 16 | job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very . |
| 17 | But no woods were to be felled or venison taken in the districts claimed to be disafforested until the perambulations had been notified to the Council , which would decide what was to be done . |
| 18 | But no steps were to be taken to put them into effect until they had been communicated to the king , who , when he had satisfied himself that they had been made without prejudice , would decide what was to be done . |
| 19 | Why such an effort was made to disguise the B–25 when reports would indicate there was at least one B–25 at Hickam during the actual attack is unknown . |
| 20 | erm How does one in any case fine a motorist who is n't standing by his car or sitting in it ? erm I would , if the question is shall we try it , if that is implied , I would say it 's worth trying in a very moderate way , it may require the police and the police representatives so to speak , the wardens if they 're going to be empowered to do this kind of thing , I think it 's going to force them to become very , very diplomatic and civilized in the way they handle it , but we of course too will have to learn to respond in a civilized manner . |
| 21 | And I would say it 's on highways with your traffic on the access and on parking , and added that to the list , I did n't say that in the first instant . |
| 22 | Her hope that he would say it was for Berenice 's sake died as soon as it was born . |
| 23 | About he 's , I would say he 's in his mid-sixties . |
| 24 | When his parents tackled him Iain would say he was in control . |