Example sentences of "i would [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Now I 've had two of those rest days prior to all this so I would be owed a fortnight 's holiday pay plus three rest days . |
2 | About a year before I left it was all discussed when I would be made a partner along with one or two other people who were being brought through . |
3 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
4 | ‘ I like the exercise and , besides , I have two friends down the road in a Land Rover , ’ I said , implying that I would be given a lift . |
5 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
6 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |