Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] be [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine yourself as an examiner working on a huge pile of scripts in pleasant summer weather when you would rather be playing tennis . |
| 2 | They eat ‘ dinner ’ at nine in the evening or even later , while I am ravenous at five o'clock when at home we would usually be having tea . |
| 3 | prior to ratification there would always be enabling legislation , incorporating by statute those prospective treaty obligations which could not be given effect under prerogative powers , and required changes to domestic common law or statute . |
| 4 | The scale of the problem is such that £94m could be spent in Middlesbrough alone and there would still be housing need in that town . |
| 5 | But of course if he worked for Raleigh where they 've got a vast labour force a vast pay as you earn scheme then any income would be taxed by Raleigh as a subsidiary source so there would be another code number there , they would actually be collecting tax at two sources , but they would still need to allocate allowances , it may well be that , at Raleigh for example , they 've covered that by allowances in which case they pull back five hundred pounds there to collect . |
| 6 | He would also be seeking compensation and if the authority made no offer he would have no hesitation in suing for a five-figure sum . |
| 7 | He concluded by telling Scott that there was no need to hurry with the revised elevations as he would only be asking Parliament to vote sufficient for the foundations during the present session . |
| 8 | It would then be adopting route 1 , as distinguished in 2.2 . |