Example sentences of "then [pron] 'd [be] " in BNC.

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1 If Marie was here then I 'd be OK , but she ai n't .
2 If I could produce the same effect on other people as Louis Armstrong does with that song , then I 'd be really happy .
3 Then I 'd be dead : Big bad head-mistressy people making me dead : that 's what lots of my dreams are about .
4 And if I did half as good a job as Brendan Ansbro and Ruth Watson do at the Fox and Goose in Fressingfield , Suffolk , then I 'd be a proud and happy man .
5 I 'd be in a club till 2 o'clock in the morning and then come home , sit down and be bored until the morning started and then I 'd be walking round , taking the dog for a walk in the park .
6 My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! "
7 ‘ If all the blokes I knew were like you then I 'd be better off with another girl , would n't I ? ’ she said scornfully .
8 If you were n't blackmailing me with that threat to set the press on me , then I 'd be out of that door in half a second flat ! ’
9 And then I 'd be wearing my cap back to front for a day or so .
10 Er , they would be helped , I think , by this and er , I think if that were to be the case , then I 'd be wholeheartedly behind it .
11 I would like us , no if we could do it to quarter to two , then I 'd be very pleased , item M could be put on , put on the top
12 If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair .
13 If you 're not happy with the answer then I 'd be pleased to hear about it and er and er obviously we can assess the priority .
14 Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those .
15 Then I 'd be looking after you for both products and what I want to do is have a look at all the standard bearings you take to see if there is potential for a supply .
16 I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good
17 Yes , well I do n't particularly limit the area of what I 'm interested , but if someone who was particularly interested in seeing how history was going over in this school , then I 'd be very happy in discussing with them how they might try and find out how successful history teaching was in that school for example .
18 I mean for instance on the question of identification after 45 years it 's very difficult , I saw that in the Demianuk trial , to get satisfactory er evidence , but of course er I think British rules of evidence probably would simply mean it was excluded if that was the case , and it was fairly done and the law were n't changed and it was the law as it stands er then I 'd be in favour of it .
19 Then you 'd are saying how many fives in ten , the answer is two .
20 If you think that you 're more likely to keep the price of your house high by keeping blacks out , then you 'd be likely to go for that .
21 " If my heart gave out tonight , then you 'd be all right .
22 Then you 'd be plucking the sides to make it tidy and carrying it to make a round top sort of a roof on it .
23 Anyway , you ca n't not eat breakfast because then you 'd be ill . ’
24 So if you cry babies would stop moaning and get a life and support the greatest , most wonderfully gifted team in the world instead of worrying about petty , shitty sides like Leeds then you 'd be able to watch them on tv all the time .
25 and so you could pull it in just until it stops flapping and then you 'd be able to sail away and we 'd never see you again .
26 Then you 'd be quite wrong ! ’ he said forcefully , ignoring her rising tide of protest as he continued , ‘ I want it clearly understood — once and for all — that , as far as the outside world is concerned , you and I are still happily married .
27 Well they were usually a line of kids standing along the wall or something and one set out in the middle of the field and then you had to touch them and then you 'd be back to the wall and they had to do it .
28 Well , then , then you 'd be able to get them closer .
29 What you use consultants for is when you have a one off task that it would be uneconomic to employ a member of staff to do because it would be finished in six months and then you 'd be left with a surplus member of staff .
30 And then you 'd be alright .
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