Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] " in BNC.

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1 I just approached it in the way I would were it my album and my band .
2 Yes , and my parents had booked the audition for the Central School and found me a bed-sit in Swiss Cottage and being completely naive it was assumed that this was where I would be going .
3 Then I would be an artisan , quietly learning my trade at the feet of a master and passing it on in turn to my apprentices .
4 However , it seems to me that there is something a little perverse in leaving me your notes on the making of the Big Glass when you must have known perfectly well that they contained material I would be certain to find offensive .
5 No doubt if I had responded to Hilda and Annie and the rest as they told me I should respond , as they all told me my true nature , my deeper nature was crying out to respond , I would be surrounded today by love and wives and children and the rest .
6 As the only catering industry representative on this working party , I would be interested to hear from any companies which have any experience , or knowledge of any examples , which make them feel that this is an area that needs to be examined quickly and subjected to public debate .
7 I would be very pleased to hear from anyone willing to accept this invitation .
8 If I could stay hidden until Kezia and the rest of the foreigners had gone , I would be all right .
9 The money I was going to save on rent over the next month could be put towards a deposit on something — always assuming the Department of Employment did eventually pay me my due — and then I would be able to start again .
10 There were no decent men on my own horizons and I already feared that I would be spending my life alone .
11 Serious inroads had now been made into my pitiful cash reserves and tomorrow I would be penniless .
12 I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it , because it looks so unusual .
13 I would be better off in Canada , free of all these tethers . ’
14 I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand .
15 I would be surprised if it was n't still possible to go through ten years of education with only the faintest idea of what has been happening in the world , even your own country .
16 I think I would be top of any seed 's list of players they would prefer not to have in their section . ’
17 I , for one , could n't make a 10in bowl in 45 minutes — at least , not one with which I would be satisfied .
18 Personally , I would be prepared to pay much m ore for a tool that would do the job required .
19 I would be a very unwilling seller , that is the last resort as far as I am concerned . ’
20 I would be very grateful if any of your readers could assist me in obtaining an address to write to , or better still , a copy of the plans .
21 I would be pleased to reimburse any costs incurred .
22 I would be grateful for more information .
23 I would be most grateful for any assistance offered .
24 But Mr Mills , who is now a director of Aspinwalls , an environment consultancy firm , goes on : ‘ Because of what I know , I would be perfectly content to live next to any of the plants we have .
25 I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said .
26 From any of these positions I would be crazy to make him play with the left knee inflamed the way it is . ’
27 But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’
28 I would be surprised if it does n't test 2,200 , ’ says Mr Tora , a view shared by others .
29 But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’
30 If I were on the pay side in the Treasury , I would be prepared to permit maximum flexibility on the salary and conditions offered to the successful applicant .
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