Example sentences of "would n't be surprised " in BNC.
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| 1 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 2 | I would n't be surprised if Ethel is n't entirely wrong about the cause of death and the poor lady did it herself . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't be surprised to see the Footsie at around 2,000 to 2,100 . ’ |
| 4 | I would n't be surprised about the mother . |
| 5 | I would n't be surprised if I was one of very few who said they were either not bothered with how they look , or happy . |
| 6 | I 've always wanted an en suite bathroom , she would say to visitors , to her friends on the phone , to , he would n't be surprised , tradesmen on the doorstep or strangers she accosted in the street . |
| 7 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 8 | I would n't be surprised , ’ Rab said , ‘ if she was in here wie him last night as well . ’ |
| 9 | I would n't be surprised if the coming slump makes the Thirties look like the proverbial walk in the park . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't be surprised if you were all rotten in there . ’ |
| 11 | Secretary Janet Pike , 25 , of Gateshead , said : ‘ I 'm a big Daniel Day-Lewis fan and I would n't be surprised if this made him a Hollywood heart-throb . ’ |
| 12 | Speaking from behind a barred gate and protected by armed guards the unnamed brother said : ‘ We would n't be surprised that because of that book someone sought retribution , and has tried to take out all Ian 's seed , which is a Middle Eastern style of doing things . |
| 13 | I would n't be surprised if we had sit-down protests or boycotting of home games . |
| 14 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 15 | The umpires ' statement , the match referee 's ruling , even the allegedly mistreated ball itself — although I would n't be surprised to hear it 's disappeared in a burglary ! |
| 16 | He would n't be surprised if it was a KGB plot to uncover his sleepers , to trace Western intelligence in the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | However , he would n't be surprised if it was announced at DECUS in Cannes in September and first shipments came right after the first of the year . |
| 18 | We would n't be surprised if David Mellor at the newly created British Ministry for the arts , tourism , heritage , media and sport ( see this page ) has n't already booked his ticket . |
| 19 | I 'm smoking , and I would n't be surprised if Stuart took it up quite soon . |
| 20 | It was no good harking back to the days of coming top in exams , the days of her violin teacher 's delight in her , his saying that really he would n't be surprised if she was good enough for Brussels or Prague . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 22 | I would n't be surprised if there were wolves in these mountains . |
| 23 | " I would n't be surprised , " said Hazel . |
| 24 | Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process . |
| 25 | I would n't be surprised to learn that many people do now smoke only a quarter of their cigarettes on the bed when worried , simply because they have seen it so often in films . |
| 26 | I would n't be surprised if Rose put him up to it ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If somebody told me he disappeared some time on Friday night I would n't be surprised . ’ |
| 28 | In fact , I would n't be surprised if there were a clause in your contract forbidding that kind of journey on a performance day . |
| 29 | ‘ Would n't be surprised , ’ said Hickson . |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't be surprised if your ‘ lovely Lotta ’ , whoever she is , deserves to have your precious Knudsen as a reward for having had to put up with your ideas of chivalry ! ’ |