Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was a captain on A Question Of Sport , I 'd be Fatima Whitbread … such curious muscle development . ’ |
| 2 | If I wanted an easy job I 'd be Markie 's hairdresser , or for a demanding career how about Corky 's zit cream ? |
| 3 | Dear Newsagent , I would be Judith-Chalmers-ly indebted to your good suntan if you could find it in your deckchair to reserve me my very own monthly copy of that phew-missus-it's-a-scorcher gamesplaying bible , ZZAP ! 64 , starting with the July issue , on sale Thursday 25 June . |
| 4 | Now he was dead he was no longer Jack Monro but only Syl 's father , the dead husband of Mrs Monro , and soon I would be Margaret Monro . |
| 5 | Linford seemed assured of the silver medal , which would be England 's first at 100 metres since 1938 . |
| 6 | Withdrawing from general publishing , which would be Mr Pearce 's chosen option , would lead to increased costs on the car manual side , Mr Haynes said , since the divisions shared certain overheads . |
| 7 | Then Shadwell took me to Joe Allen 's and offered me a part in his next production , which would be Molière 's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme . |
| 8 | After considerable wrangling , a compromise was reached : there would be a German version of the film which would be Engel 's and a British version which would be the BFI 's ( though these ‘ versions ’ proved , in the event , to be identical ) . |
| 9 | If she was President , she 'd be Baberaham Lincoln ’ ) , and Carvey 's Garth Alcar , the ultra-introverted , computer-superliterate second banana , impaled the national consciousness in a way unseen since SNL 's Belushi/Aykroyd/Murray glory days . |
| 10 | ‘ If she were a President , she 'd be Baberahm Lincoln ’ is one of the quips about Claudia Schiffer in Wayne 's World . |
| 11 | ‘ You thought you 'd be Sherlock Holmes ? ’ |
| 12 | There she would be Lily Greene . |
| 13 | On Saturday night she would be Jenny MacDonald . |
| 14 | The former pairing has been on the cards ever since critics fingered Penn as the brat who would be Bob but the latter seems less plausible . |
| 15 | Within the New Testament we find reference to pious individuals who were awaiting the redemption of Israel through the mission of a Messiah who would be King David 's greater son . |
| 16 | Considering this inexperience , plus Verity Lambert 's dearth of knowledge of TV technology and internal BBC procedures , Donald Wilson bestowed upon her a guardian in the guise of Mervyn Pinfield , who would be Doctor Who 's technical adviser under a job title of Associate Producer . |
| 17 | It emerges that Michael Knighton , the man who would be Manchester United chairman , is seeking help to salvage his attempted £20m takeover . |
| 18 | I knew you would be James because he said his brother 's name and , I know it 's Keith , it must be James |
| 19 | We 'd be Bryan Adams . |
| 20 | ‘ If this was a hotel , there 'd be Sunday papers , ’ said Norman . |
| 21 | There 'd be Sam Smith , and Allen another hay-dealer , and I 'd walk with this officer and he say : |
| 22 | See there 'd be Amlwch , Rhos- y-Bol , Well now it 's one area see the lot of it . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , there 'd be Molly 's . |
| 24 | In fact at various times there would be BBC rulings issued down concerning the number of breaks you could have in a recording , so you had to choose your breaks with great discretion to make best use of them . |
| 25 | And at the flat , there would be Ruth to see . |
| 26 | In the end a compromise was reached : there would be PR , but it would be " personalised " PR . |
| 27 | And there would be London Burning bashing away and she 'd be and I 'd go in and I 'd turn it off and then then then you know and she 'd say |
| 28 | In some cases , you might even find a list of the apostles — and there would be Matthew . |
| 29 | Then she went to look for Esther to make plans , for at least there would be Esther in these appalling two months of honeymoon ahead . |
| 30 | Let me see , there would be Mary and Ellen , two older daughters who were soon to move away , and then Neddy , Sidney , George , Dick , Sepp , and eventually Geoffrey . |