Example sentences of "would be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James gave me a message to say you 'd be at home . ’ |
| 2 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 3 | ‘ And so do I. Before he was born I decided he would come first and that , if it was at all possible , I 'd be at home with him throughout his early years . ’ |
| 4 | When Cleveland 's Liberals held a Press conference to announce their three women candidates , all that the silly men reporters wanted to know was who 'd be at home doing the washing up . |
| 5 | He was going to win the British Open , so he 'd be at Augusta the next year ! |
| 6 | Immediately she 'd sensed that this was wrong , that there was nothing for her in this office , and that she 'd be at risk if she stayed around a moment longer than was necessary . |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you think I 'd be at Julius 's London flat ? ’ |
| 8 | A woman on the tram said we 'd be at war by Christmas . ’ |
| 9 | I thought you 'd be at band last night . |
| 10 | Well it 'd be on Ceefax I 'd expect |
| 11 | And you 'd , you 'd , you 'd be on call and the babies nearly always come at night . |
| 12 | And , and even if you were on night duty you 'd be on night duty for twelve hours , you 'd come off at eight in the morning and have to go to a lecture at nine . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
| 14 | And I 'd keep a very careful record and it 'd be on display , the day of the fête , people would have to guess the number of matchsticks in it altogether . ’ |
| 15 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
| 16 | They 'd be on cup three or four amid the toast fragments , still relaxed but just beginning to wake up to the day 's promise , when Mrs Goreng and myself would join them for what was left of the luke-warm coffee . |
| 17 | said it 'd be for April you see |
| 18 | Oh , I thought he 'd be with Amanda ? |
| 19 | He 'd be with friends by now . |
| 20 | I said I 'd be with Helen this evening . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What I thought — well , if you 're agreeable , if it 'd be of help — between now and August , I could make a model of St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 22 | In the event my Lord , erm , that er your Lordship felt that further guidance was required , there are the two routes that I 've indicated to your Lordship briefly yesterday , there is the route of er seeking some information , if your Lordship felt it 'd be of assistance to you in resolving any doubts that you may have from the and your Lordship has seen yesterday the notice on co-operation which is in and at page eleven thirty two and is also the exhibit |
| 23 | ‘ I never thought he 'd be into Acid House , but there must be something . ’ |
| 24 | the farm yard set for Katie but then , cos I have n't got her so much , so I thought we , she , I do n't think she 'd be into police , I thought if I bought police and that was dearer and the amount that I bought for Ben and Charlotte |
| 25 | And you 'd be into time and motion and so on which I 'm sure Semina you could erm appreciate and comment on as well . |
| 26 | I thought you 'd be off duty . ’ |
| 27 | Brian 'd be under stress anyway having to move that er dust extractor quickly and he 's |
| 28 | Understandably , they 'd be under pressure to produce an accurate conversion ; you can almost hear them … |
| 29 | They 'd be after money . |
| 30 | They used to give us gum and sweets everything and the , they sometimes , the military police they used to come down town and they 'd be after deserters from Lichfield and |