Example sentences of "[pron] would [not/n't] be [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd really like to run the 400 , but I would n't be disappointed if someone was running better than me and they decided to take him , ’ said Black , whose domestic pre-eminence was sensationally ended by Grindley in Barcelona . |
| 3 | I mean if he charges two and a half I would n't be disappointed cos it 's been in his garage , he 's pushed everything along and he 's always so |
| 4 | Oh , I confess to feeling a pang when I first saw David again — I would n't be human if I had n't — but , as I said before , it was over between us a very long time ago , probably even before I fell for Paul if the truth be known . ’ |
| 5 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 6 | I would n't be surprised if Ethel is n't entirely wrong about the cause of death and the poor lady did it herself . ’ |
| 7 | I would n't be surprised if I was one of very few who said they were either not bothered with how they look , or happy . |
| 8 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 9 | I would n't be surprised if the coming slump makes the Thirties look like the proverbial walk in the park . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't be surprised if you were all rotten in there . ’ |
| 11 | Secretary Janet Pike , 25 , of Gateshead , said : ‘ I 'm a big Daniel Day-Lewis fan and I would n't be surprised if this made him a Hollywood heart-throb . ’ |
| 12 | I would n't be surprised if we had sit-down protests or boycotting of home games . |
| 13 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 14 | I 'm smoking , and I would n't be surprised if Stuart took it up quite soon . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 16 | I would n't be surprised if there were wolves in these mountains . |
| 17 | I would n't be surprised if Rose put him up to it ! ’ |
| 18 | In fact , I would n't be surprised if there were a clause in your contract forbidding that kind of journey on a performance day . |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't be surprised if your ‘ lovely Lotta ’ , whoever she is , deserves to have your precious Knudsen as a reward for having had to put up with your ideas of chivalry ! ’ |
| 20 | I would n't be surprised if my father refused to talk to me ! ’ |
| 21 | One evening , Ken told Timothy West , she assured him : ‘ You 're a very nice boy to stay up with me and chat about things every night — and I would n't be surprised if the right little lady does n't come along soon . ’ |
| 22 | I think we usually play a zonal system at home , but I would n't be surprised if Wilko played Newsome & Wetherall ( if fit ) as centre backs on Saturday , and Fairclough as an extra defender , man-marking Shearer . |
| 23 | In fact , I would n't be surprised if we reached the coast today . ’ |
| 24 | I said to Sally I said I would n't be surprised if they two get married . |
| 25 | I would n't be surprised if they were the sort of people who had the stolen bicycle down in the bushes . |
| 26 | I would n't be surprised if he does . |
| 27 | I would n't be surprised if we did n't pass you cos we went , we came back that way . |
| 28 | but I said that you know eighteen might be a push but I would n't be surprised if we got twelve or fourteen at that time of course we had n't actually had any education events cos the one that we scheduled has been cancelled so I was perhaps a bit naive about how many people actually turn out to these things |
| 29 | So you probably I would n't be surprised if he puts colours in the |
| 30 | I would n't be smiling cos you 're one of them . |