Example sentences of "would [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We eat eggs all the time ; we 'd be the first to be affected . ’ |
| 2 | After Marilyn , she 'd be the best dressed woman at the wedding , blonde , shapely , in the green dress Marilyn had got so superstitious about . |
| 3 | ‘ There 'd be the official ceremony , then the men would take the new person off and say , now we 're going to really initiate you . ’ |
| 4 | He 'd be the best boy with a 'fro ! ’ |
| 5 | There 'd be the most almighty row if we appeared to be sabotaging an Industry Year project simply because this bird is a member of CND . |
| 6 | I mean , in Britain , if I was studying the daisy family for example , there 'd be the garden daisy and a few other bits and bobs , but that would be it . |
| 7 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 8 | Then there 'd be the Corpy watchmen all the way round , wherever there was a hole in the road . |
| 9 | I 'd be the first to admit that we do n't always make the best use of our review space from the manufacturer 's point of view , because we mention what we feel is important to our readers and not what the manufacturer wants us to promote , though the two will often coincide . |
| 10 | But I remember after having resigned , sitting in the front in the band 's Commer van — there 'd be the driver , the engine cover and then the passenger seat , and you had to take turns sitting on the engine cover . |
| 11 | ‘ If he had got married I 'd be the first to know , ’ his spokeswoman , Hester Blott , tells me . |
| 12 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
| 13 | And Kartoffel knew they 'd be the first to tread the Eiger 's virgin summit . |
| 14 | But somebody would come back after about seven minutes and he 'd be the one who gets slugged . |
| 15 | ‘ I think my mammy 'd be the same . ’ |
| 16 | I told her she should really leave or she 'd be the last . |
| 17 | WHO 'D BE THE GUESTS ON YOUR TALK SHOW ? |
| 18 | You 'd be the first to agree , sir , that in the circumstances , anything is worth a try . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd be the media 's choice . ’ |
| 20 | I always wanted the room at the top of the house so that , when the axe-wielding psycho came in , I 'd be the last to be killed . |
| 21 | Otherwise , you 'd be the devil . |
| 22 | If I was injured , he 'd be the first to come to my aid . |
| 23 | But I 'm not sure that I 'd be the best person to judge whether I turned to writing by way of compensation or not , though I can see that a serious death like that would lead to a world that was whole being broken . |
| 24 | When I went out robbing , it 'd be the early hours of the morning , one or two in the morning , so nobody 'd notice me missing here . |
| 25 | very pale , if you saw somebody in a hospital bed who 'd just suffered shock , they 'd be the same colour as the sheet they 're lying on their face is absolutely white , okay , very , very pale , very cold and very clammy , now supposing the doctor asks you why are they cold and clammy ? |
| 26 | Erm but er when the war finished , when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down , I ca n't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time , but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in , was invited to attend and I must say with great pride that I was can still remember it now , that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it 'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank and he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the hall of the town hall , and erm I mean er quite proud to be Corporal and Mrs you know and it I mean everyone that went , I mean their rank and name and who was with them , you know , was it was quite quite a er er quite a something of to look back to of interest that was , you know , when we stood down . |
| 27 | If there was a man on the horizon , you 'd be the first to know . ’ |
| 28 | There 'd be the most awful dust-up . |
| 29 | ‘ I always thought , if I were in a hole , you 'd be the sort of chap I might turn to . |
| 30 | Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . |