Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 've had two of those rest days prior to all this so I would be owed a fortnight 's holiday pay plus three rest days . |
| 2 | About a year before I left it was all discussed when I would be made a partner along with one or two other people who were being brought through . |
| 3 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
| 4 | ‘ I like the exercise and , besides , I have two friends down the road in a Land Rover , ’ I said , implying that I would be given a lift . |
| 5 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 6 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |
| 7 | Rather than a shareholding , it was proposed that Wilson should be on an ‘ over-ride royalty ’ , whereby she would be paid a royalty for every record sold . |
| 8 | She would be considered a slut if she did , and since it is almost unheard of for a Ugandan man to do without sex for a year , her husband would usually seek another woman . |
| 9 | Between 1337 and 1353 the tax on wool formed part of a series of schemes under which the king attempted to establish a body of powerful and wealthy merchants who would be granted a monopoly in the purchase and export of wool in return for making loans to the king which would be repaid from the maltote , the export tax on wool . |
| 10 | He was beginning to be spoken of as a promising student who would be offered a lectureship at the end of the course . |
| 11 | If you were a girl Wolf Cub you would be called a Louvette . |
| 12 | You would be paid a proportion of the amount stated in the Benefit Table . |
| 13 | An Extraordinary General Meeting will take place in late April or early May , and should sufficient agreement be forthcoming , there would be included a clause that no further reconstruction plans be permitted for five years . |
| 14 | Now , on the chaise to Banff , Boswell planned with Johnson that they would regenerate the University of St Andrews according to the abilities or conceits of the Club members , each of whom would be granted a Faculty or two . |
| 15 | At meal times the children would make a line and wait at one end of the room , where a table had been placed , there they would be given a helping of that day 's menu . |
| 16 | We did n't invite friends with Mother being placed as she was , but if neighbours called they would be offered a glass of something , usually home-made ginger cordial , and a bit of cake if we had it . |
| 17 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 18 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 19 | To a very large extent , Hound Tor represents the archetypal hamlet described by Harald Uhlig as representing the original west European type of settlement — what would be called a drubbel in Germany or claehan on the Celtic fringes — a hamlet inhabited by relatives , working the land together . |