Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be delighted if governments could prove all our reports wrong , if that means that human rights are n't being violated , ’ Smart said . |
| 2 | He recalls , ‘ When I was sentenced I thought I 'd be killed straight away . |
| 3 | If I went to night school I 'd be a student . |
| 4 | If he lived in squalor , I 'd be round there with chicken soup and clean shirts ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd be a cat , ’ she said , ‘ a platinum-blonde pedigree cat with all the refined desires of Mehitabel . |
| 6 | I 'd be a flea . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd be employing women for sewing . |
| 8 | I told you what I 'd be wearing . ’ |
| 9 | This was a foreign land , peopled not only by my superiors , for that applied to everyone I 'd ever known , from the hole in Mother woman through which I was expelled to the hole in the Mother earth by which I 'd be swallowed ; but by those who were superior to my early superiors ; probably the most superior peoples in the entire world . |
| 10 | The silver cylinder and cone worked wonders , and I 'd be interested to try some of the other shapes . |
| 11 | Full mobility would return to the foot eventually and I 'd be climbing again . |
| 12 | Ferguson said : ‘ I 'd be happy to let him go because it is important for England and I do n't want to seem obstructive . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I 'd be beaten , ’ Turi said , ‘ but I began to realise I 'd chosen the right route by not cutting inside fences . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's so awfully difficult — I 'd be bound to get myself in a muddle trying to explain myself . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd be bored . |
| 16 | I 'd be bored . |
| 17 | But , although I heard that music , I never saw it as the kind of music I 'd be involved in And that was because Kensal Green was a deprived place and the most deprived people were the blacks . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't tell you how grateful I 'd be . ’ |
| 19 | When Rose saw the table already set for morning , she said , ‘ If you were around for too long I 'd be spoiled rotten . |
| 20 | ‘ I told my old lady I 'd be home , ’ McQuaid lied as he rose . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd be careful if I were you , Rose . |
| 22 | I would throw my boyfriend out , but I 'd be scared of living alone . |
| 23 | I promised the missus I 'd be home by eleven . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd be surprised if they cost less than two hundred quid . ’ |
| 25 | If Marie was here then I 'd be OK , but she ai n't . |
| 26 | I do n't spect I could be as good as her , but I 'd be nearly as good . |
| 27 | If I was a bird , I 'd fly real high — as high as I could — close to the sun where I 'd be warm . |
| 28 | It 'd be real easy — I 'd just say to myself ‘ Well , I think I 'll just pop over and see Marie today ’ , and five minutes later I 'd be there and we could have tea together , then if I did n't want to stay the night I 'd just fly into the sky again and stay there . |
| 29 | I 'd thank them and I 'd be home in five minutes and I could sit in Peter 's room looking at his stuff and chatting with him . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd be able to come and see you oftener — if you 'd like me to , Arty . ’ |