Example sentences of "he 'd be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | good job he 's not in another country he 'd be eaten for |
| 2 | ‘ When he went to Fort Robinson in Nebraska to try and conduct peace talks , he knew he 'd be killed , ’ says Lee . |
| 3 | Mark Evans said it was a night of madness and thought he 'd be killed next . |
| 4 | ‘ We both thought he 'd be called to account in the end . |
| 5 | Cephalopoid , he 'd be called . |
| 6 | Like everyone else he blamed the former chairman , who 's best not named ( but if he could be he 'd be called Alan Bowes . ) |
| 7 | If this was a Western , he 'd be bloodied and limping and full of hot lead — but still on his feet . |
| 8 | ‘ You mean if he were a homosexual , he 'd be barred ? ’ |
| 9 | ’ I had explained that while this was probably in the best of taste and unlikely to be very illegal , it was already being done in California and he 'd be pushed to get third party insurance cover . |
| 10 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 11 | ‘ He 'd be irradiated if he 'd turned the bribe down and gone to the freight car . ’ |
| 12 | If you pumped hard enough you could probably find some jackass willing to say he 'd be damned if he 'd ‘ let the niggers hold a barbecue on the White House lawn ’ . |
| 13 | I thought he 'd be born holding a couple of dumb-bells . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 15 | He 'd be bound to notice , to give her a look and say black mark , Private Smith . |
| 16 | I thought if I told him that he 'd be bound to make a proper search — not in the house , I do n't mean , I 've looked in the house — but among other solicitors she might have gone to . |
| 17 | He had n't dared take part in yesterday 's Armistice Day service in the city in case he 'd be seen by any of his IRA comrades . |
| 18 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
| 19 | A twelve-year-old , who listened at the living-room door to what was going on , wanted to run , but knew he 'd be followed . |
| 20 | He says that there have been occasions when he 's had a gun held to his head and been told to operate on someone 's brother first , or he 'd be shot . |
| 21 | ‘ Although the fine is severe , we were all hoping he 'd be kicked out of the club by the League . |
| 22 | The fear that he 'd be denied sight of the sanctum at the top of the stairs spurred him on , his body doing its ragged best to accommodate his ambition . |
| 23 | He was being offered a job , being offered good money , and he 'd be based in London . |
| 24 | He 'd double up cruelly with a left hook ( rarely seen ) and razor in a right — and then he 'd be gone . |
| 25 | And then he 'd be gone . |
| 26 | If he reached its sanctuary , Gentle knew , he 'd be gone . |
| 27 | She ran downstairs , circling the lift-shaft , certain that he 'd be gone , but when she emerged into the street , he seemed to have moved only a few yards , walking slowly , his head bowed . |
| 28 | Tomorrow he 'd be gone , and this whole crazy charade would be over , once and for all . |
| 29 | But after the letter was read out it was deceided he 'd be granted bail for four weeks pending further medical treatment , that being so he 's due to reappear in court on July the 28th . |
| 30 | She went to the edge of the roof and shouted across the village at the unnamed thief that for this he 'd be struck with paralysis ; that he 'd be smitten with cholera and die : that unless he owned up and returned the cockerel , the gods would punish his family with poverty and starvation for ever . |