Example sentences of "we 'd be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I liked the way that , we 'd be on the bandstand playing and he 'd just be walking around and playing and just look at you and kind of tip his head , you 'd play and then he 'd start playing when he wanted you to stop ! |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd be on a hiding to nothing , ’ said Joe , ‘ and that would probably include being shot at dawn . |
| 3 | Well in Britain we decided we 'd be on the safe side , we 'll reduce that to a thousand we put another factor of ten in and what 's more i if one sheep in , in a whole flock is more than a thousand units , er then we will condemn the whole flock . |
| 4 | In my plan , we 'd be on the Hispaniola now , every dead man alive and the treasure on ship , by thunder ! |
| 5 | We worked a wee half a week and were on the dole , Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we 'd be on the dole , then work Thursday , Friday and Saturday morning . |
| 6 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |
| 7 | And maybe an hour after we 'd be on three quarter rivets . |
| 8 | We 'd be on very dangerous ground … to use words like ‘ alien ’ or even draw to children 's attention that our society is a racial mix . |
| 9 | And without some of Bob Dylan 's songs we 'd be at a huge loss . |
| 10 | A woman on the tram said we 'd be at war by Christmas . ’ |
| 11 | So when she asked me where we 'd be without him , my urge was to reply , ‘ Rich . ’ |
| 12 | " Exactly where we 'd be without them . |
| 13 | But certainly , if we have something like fifty applications , then we 'd be into a much more complex procedure . |
| 14 | If we knew that , I think we 'd be beyond reasonable doubt . |
| 15 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 16 | We 'd be in the pub planning to have a couple more pints and he 'd always want to go back and rehearse again , ’ says Rigby . |
| 17 | ‘ At the beginning of the year , I 'd have laughed if you 'd have told me we 'd be in this situation , ’ said Favre . |
| 18 | We 'd be in the rattle before you could say wet Nelly ! ’ |
| 19 | Like , we 'd be in mid-air , flying from one country to another country , and all of a sudden we 'd decide to fly to Venice for lunch . |
| 20 | We went from one corner of the country to another and we stayed in palaces and magnificent hotels and played in beautiful little theatres , and then two weeks later , we 'd be in a dark bungalow with cockroaches and snakes in the loo , where they had desks tied together with string for a stage . |
| 21 | Even when they did , it tended to be in flippant terms ; for example , one student remarked that without physics ‘ we 'd be in a right mess for a start ’ ; another that ‘ we 'd still be in the caves ’ . |
| 22 | Then I think we 'd be in business , then I 'm sure you 'd have a nice little earner on your hands . |
| 23 | ‘ How did you know we 'd be in Alnwick ? |
| 24 | We 'd be in wheelchairs . |
| 25 | We 'd be in there three minutes ! |
| 26 | I mean it 'd be two thi forty we 'd be round the bloody bend ! |
| 27 | We 'd be like strangers and I could n't bear that , but at least I could have made some redress . ’ |