Example sentences of "would [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 2 | and it 'd be the roads should be quieter . |
| 3 | But th none of the men had too much it 'd be the women who 'd be in |
| 4 | That 'd be the bollards and the , the er set , the York stone sets which continue the line of of Road basically , from the entrance to 's Court straight across towards erm towards the erm greengrocers . |
| 5 | You see you could have a charge-hand over er er two or three people really , he 'd be working with them but he he 'd be the charge-hand . |
| 6 | Label it right erm this 'd be the opposite . |
| 7 | Yeah that 's exactly the same as what you 're I was trying to do before so it 'd be the equivalent of that . |
| 8 | But I remember after having resigned , sitting in the front in the band 's Commer van — there 'd be the driver , the engine cover and then the passenger seat , and you had to take turns sitting on the engine cover . |
| 9 | Otherwise , you 'd be the devil . |
| 10 | WHO 'D BE THE GUESTS ON YOUR TALK SHOW ? |
| 11 | Aye , that , it 'd be the Voltarol that would give her the , the black stuff coming through . |
| 12 | I mean , in Britain , if I was studying the daisy family for example , there 'd be the garden daisy and a few other bits and bobs , but that would be it . |
| 13 | I said , no , but if she came out to the perimeter fence again , that 'd be the time . |
| 14 | ‘ I always thought , if I were in a hole , you 'd be the sort of chap I might turn to . |
| 15 | Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning , then he 'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting ‘ All gods are bastards ’ . |
| 16 | and you know with violence and that and then as you work your way along there 'd be the sort of situation where there is n't any physical violence but there 's intimidation and fear |
| 17 | This 'd be the hypotenuse and this 'd be the adjacent . |
| 18 | Then there 'd be the washing up … and Auntie Mary and Uncle Dennis might drop in … |
| 19 | Oh yeah , what oh yes , oh without a doubt Joan , er you can do it , you could have the name and you could have who talked to them and , and then I can tell 'em that what , I 've done this you see and that 'd be the end of it it does suggest that you do n't tell them before you tell them after and then you sort of give them the opp the opportunity of me knocking , not recording it you see , wiping it off the tape , because it stunts the conversation . |
| 20 | Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . |
| 21 | She 'd be the media 's choice . ’ |
| 22 | Last night Buckingham Palace sources were forced to make an unprecedented denial that this trip would be the couple 's last together . |
| 23 | Of course , these would be the ones who did n't make straight for the pubs . |
| 24 | As in the past , the students would be the ones to go over the brink , encouraged and inspired by the ‘ freer ’ intellectual environment of 1986 . |
| 25 | If schools were free of all restrictions on curriculum then the best schools , offering the best courses and getting the best results , would be the ones that succeeded . |
| 26 | that those children would be the ones that survive |
| 27 | The object of the defence statute is to delegate to the Executive what in peacetime would be the function of Parliament . |
| 28 | Oh I I would I would be the kitchen maid . |
| 29 | The treaty parties ( as third parties to the Protocols ) would presumably have no such remedy , although they would be the States most immediately and directly affected by any such action . |
| 30 | If , therefore , minorities created insecurity , in Scotland it was not the crown but the nobility who suffered , making hay , no doubt , while the sun shone , but knowing that in the end the sileage would be the king 's . |