Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be a cat , ’ she said , ‘ a platinum-blonde pedigree cat with all the refined desires of Mehitabel . |
| 2 | I said , ‘ I do n't know , he has a title , I 'd be a lady , ’ and she said : ‘ Darling , nothing could make you a lady . ’ |
| 3 | My father-in-law is Ray Shiel , who once fought Johnny Prescott , and he reckons I 'd be a success . |
| 4 | The only reason Margaret went through with the pregnancy was because my father hoped I 'd be a boy . |
| 5 | But I have to say I 'd be a bit apprehensive if he was going to marry my widowed mother-in-law . ’ |
| 6 | " I 'd be a bit of a knobbly mouthful , " I ventured , trying to keep things light , feeling even then that this talk was closing over my head like water and likely to drown me . |
| 7 | As one respondent in an in-depth interview said : ‘ I 'd be a bit taken aback if my solicitor contacted me . |
| 8 | Right , like I said , I 'd be a bit cautious of getting a twelve hundred . |
| 9 | Yeah , you thought I 'd be a cheat did n't you ? he said that |
| 10 | The furthest fucking thing from my mind was that I 'd be a clothing manufacturer . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe we could join the fair folk … prizefighting for thee and I 'd be a tumbler . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd be a fool if it were n't . |
| 13 | Since your officers removed the Black prince from the gallery yesterday , I 'd be a fool not to understand the significance . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd be a fool , and so would you , to risk longer . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd be a fool to miss it . ’ |
| 16 | Shaking her head , she said , ‘ Richard would never take the risk , and I 'd be a fool to even consider it . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 18 | Apart from anything else , this project is worth a great deal financially and I 'd be a fool to myself if I forfeited it just because the client is an obnoxious , egotistical swine . |
| 19 | Siward said , ‘ I 'd be a fool if I did , seeing that you and Alfgar have been cultivating each other for thirty years . |
| 20 | Yeah , yeah I 'd be a fool in n it ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd be a model lodger . |
| 22 | If , at this point in my career , I needed public subsidy in order to function as a film-maker , I 'd be a disgrace . |
| 23 | I 'd I 'd be a millionaire if I did would n't I ? |
| 24 | I 'd be a bitch and sell them ! |
| 25 | If I went to night school I 'd be a student . |
| 26 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd be a liar if I said this sort of thing has not crossed my mind , ’ says Knight . |
| 28 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 29 | Obviously we will try our best to include each and every one , whilst ensuring total accuracy , although you 'd agree I 'd be a mug to promise the system wo n't ever fall down . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't you realize I 'd be a target for all the men living in World 's End who are just looking for a loose woman to amuse themselves with ? ’ |