Example sentences of "would n't [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said they would n't be up this week they 've |
| 2 | There was nothing in my background to suggest I would n't be just another East End kid . ’ |
| 3 | I knew it would n't be here this week you know I mean if they 've told her there 's another three to four weeks it 's unlikely that it was gon na be last weekend . |
| 4 | That was a a a boy of course , little boy , I would n't be probably eight or nine years old . |
| 5 | One here and pray he would n't be yet another scientist who needed replacing , and one in the West . |
| 6 | It 's obvious that Morrissey has a lot to say and if people were n't ready to listen then they would n't be so successful . |
| 7 | Now he 'd have to rely for a lift on Colin who would n't be so keen on coming out of his way . |
| 8 | If you had stood as I have done for five hours in a draughty ante-room of a courthouse sticking sixpences into one of those things to see how frequently it paid out , you would n't be so keen to chuck your money away , son . |
| 9 | You decide that maybe what he suggests would n't be so terrible . |
| 10 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
| 11 | It would n't be so easy to melt into the background . |
| 12 | Braining Charlie would n't be so easy . |
| 13 | Mind you ca n't mana well I suppose you could manage without it but that would n't be so easy would it ? |
| 14 | People would n't be so nice to me if they thought I was so lucky , but it 's fun to see their faces when I bring certain special ones back now and then . ’ |
| 15 | Well it 's just that for that , I mean that 's all , it 's all relative for those conditions there are , there is too much labour on the land , you erm , if you could increase agricultural productivity in a way that would displace labour and that 's very difficult to do , well you can , you can do it er most , most capital is labour displacing but not all , not all capital , erm so you could , whereas I see , I see what you are saying is that , why well the you could g you could , you could do it right even though that there are a lot of people on the land er you could still make them wholly productive by giving them more capital that was n't labour that was n't labour displacing , like you give them better seeds for example , like that would increase the productivity of the land , there would n't be so much you know population pressure on the land er because everybody would have enough to eat and we could er actually sell something , right . |
| 16 | ‘ If this film had already been made there would n't be so much confusion about what the Maastricht Treaty is and what it means to Britain , ’ said one of the film 's producers , as Mr Brandreth rehearsed his lines in front of the European Parliament in Brussels . |
| 17 | Then it would n't be so much of a shock to you , either ! |
| 18 | Would n't be so much fun then would it ? |
| 19 | So there would n't be so much going out actually ? |
| 20 | Derby matches would n't be so spicey without the fervour and passion born out of local rivalry . |
| 21 | I would n't be so stupid as to pretend to have any idea what Claudia was going through during the hours leading up to the birth . |
| 22 | He would n't be so stupid . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ And yet you must still believe in marriage , ’ she realised , ‘ or you would n't be so disgusted by the way I 'm supposed to have come between Florian and his wife . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't be so sure about that if I were you ! ’ |
| 25 | PS I would n't be so sure about the away win this week-end … |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't be so sure of that , ’ Ruth stated tartly , ‘ They were once lovers , do n't forget . ’ |
| 27 | If people were n't sure of getting the victim for their money they would n't be so willing to pay up . |
| 28 | Erm , I think if they were more honest and open , I mean like parents and schools and stuff , it would n't be so difficult for people to talk about it , and there would n't be as many , the jokes about it . |
| 29 | She had been going to take a walk around Mariánské Láznë , had n't she , so a three mile walk or so up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's home would n't be so difficult , would it ? |
| 30 | ‘ If we had all followed the path that Czechoslovakia began , avoiding distortions and extremes , I think we would be different , the world would be different , and it would n't be so hard to implement these changes now , ’ Mr Gorbachev said . |