Example sentences of "would [adv] [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell you what I 'd rather be Intercity than Central Services in terms of the market we 've got . |
| 2 | If they ever appointed a patron saint of walking sticks , he 'd probably be Keith Cowie from Edgehill . |
| 3 | George noted that Sprague — it would only be Sprague had been leaking a version of Maxim 's performance at the Committee . |
| 4 | Three of them would obviously be Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | I mean , Kylie Minogue in a wheelchair would not be Kylie Minogue , because if she went on ‘ Top of the Pops ’ it would be : ‘ Here 's tragic Kylie , here 's a scene from her hospital bed ’ , then she 'd sink into never-never land — bye-bye . |
| 6 | What is equally clear is that the developer would not be Parkdale Archerfield as suggested in your report . |
| 7 | Some might have walked away , but that would not be Charleston 's style . |
| 8 | Sally-Anne — she would not be McAllister again until she reached Vetch Street — bit her lip . |
| 9 | What has to be explained is why in the long-term stagnant economies the innovators do not turn their hands to productive capital accumulation ( or , for that matter , to the mobilisation of political forces , though this would not be Baran 's argument ) . |
| 10 | Well I think as an early potato Stefan , I would chose from Rocket for the earliest , I would grow I think for as well as that I would go for Foremost but if you want a real waxy potato it would still be Arran Pilot cos now whenever you eat it it got a strong taste , whether it 's young or whether it 's old . |
| 11 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 12 | If they failed another night in the open would probably be Hugh 's last . |
| 13 | Archie would probably be Wilko 's first choice given his preference for older players , but may settle on the younger version . |
| 14 | It would probably be Gascoigne 's last appearence as a Spurs player before his proposed £5.5 million transfer to Lazio , subject to a medical on his damaged knee ligaments . |
| 15 | The women 's editor of the Tollemarche Advent , having found nothing about Ben MacLean in the office files , decided that the quickest source of information regarding Tollemarche 's first author would probably be Mr Pascall , the bookseller . |
| 16 | The first of the scientific staff to arrive would probably be Clifford Bradley , the Higher Scientific Officer in the Biology Department , scurrying through the hall as if he had no right to be there , with his anxious hunted eyes and that stupid , drooping moustache , so preoccupied that he hardly noticed their greeting . |
| 17 | It was an artistic relationship that ultimately cost the composer his life as he repeatedly delayed vital heart surgery to complete the role that he knew would also be Pears 's last . |
| 18 | But it would n't be Feargal . |
| 19 | Lewis insisted that if he was crowned WBC champion by default he was ready to put his title on the line next spring against a British opponent — but it would n't be Frank Bruno . |
| 20 | They would n't be Paul ? |
| 21 | Well it would n't be Heather cos she 's dark and short and young . |
| 22 | Folly threw on a dressing-gown and hurried through to answer it , praying that it would n't be Luke . |
| 23 | now Monday would n't be Monday would it without a word from our Nigel … |
| 24 | I mean it would n't be Mr and Miss if they were both |
| 25 | Oh it would n't be Cristleton |
| 26 | But it would n't be Kevin without the gore would it ? |
| 27 | By air , land or water , it would n't be Barry Sheene if he did n't arrive in style . |
| 28 | Except that in that case Timmy would n't be Timmy , and the thought that there might be no Timmy , that there might be some other person altogether occupying his space in the world , fills me with terror , as if I had looked out of the bedroom window and found the solid earth beneath the house had disappeared . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , it would n't be Jack , ’ she said quickly , then stopped herself . |
| 30 | It would n't be York stone set anyway . |