Example sentences of "[pron] would be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank God for people who are naturally astute , as well , I do n't know where I 'd be without my husband whose precise , unfailing , streetwise insight into people knocks spots off my long-winded shots at psycho-analysing them . |
| 2 | On this one I 'd be on their side , I 'd have to be ! ’ |
| 3 | Otherwise I 'd be at my father 's house … ’ |
| 4 | — Mind , if I was fifty years younger I 'd be after him myself ! — A right charmer and no mistake ! ’ |
| 5 | I would be on my bike for the rest of my life , stuck on the stopping train to nowhere . |
| 6 | I would be putting everything I needed into the horse box until about ten o'clock and at about half past ten my horse and it 's tack would be in there as well and I would be on my way with my day to an eleven thirty meet at a pub nearby . |
| 7 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 8 | ‘ I would be like your Queen : not having so much power but maintaining my dignity and status . |
| 9 | Well like I said I think probably they 're really kicking themselves I mean I would be in their situation . |
| 10 | Already I would be in what Nabokov calls ‘ a manly condition ’ , and the release was sharp and sweet . |
| 11 | Er well I 'm sixty-five you see , so I mean I would be in my forties would n't I you see . |
| 12 | This whole thing was a nightmare , a sea monster inextricably wrapped around her limbs which would be with her until the day she died . |
| 13 | Just a young man like Johnny , whose life had ended there in the fields of a foreign land , which would be for him , she supposed , forever Germany . |
| 14 | Urging the appointment of party leaders with knowledge of each country and their languages Mr Biffen said that in the longer term visits could develop into reciprocal exchange schemes which would be to everyone 's benefit . |
| 15 | It 's a good plan which would be to our mutual advantage . |
| 16 | After one of early games he was approached by a strange looking character who proposed a meeting ‘ which would be to your advantage , senor ’ . |
| 17 | There is also a rare Synodontis species , called Robert 's catfish , Synodontis robertsi , which would be within your price range . |
| 18 | He persisted , ‘ You do n't know if she 'd be at her agency ? ’ |
| 19 | and every night she 'd be on it ! |
| 20 | ‘ Booked by Nicky , when she still thought she 'd be with us . ’ |
| 21 | Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it |
| 22 | And Evelyn knows I am coming but I forgot to mention you 'd be with me . ’ |
| 23 | So you 'd be on you 'd have twenty one grand which you could put away . |
| 24 | You 'd go you would n't feel it at all , you 'd be in your glory there after after about a month . |
| 25 | You 'd be in your element you would . |
| 26 | that 's where we went and we saw those lads who 'd be about our age , so funny , right one night |
| 27 | I arrived home just before midnight , the Institute beckoning early next morning to share my moment of glory ( there have n't been too many of those with my beloved , knowing how proud she would be of her hero ! ! |
| 28 | Only a few hours and she would be with him again . |
| 29 | She would be with us always , and I would n't have to say a word to her grandchildren because she would say them all . |
| 30 | I suffered agonies of suspense in silence , for I never knew when or where I would see you again , or whether she would be with you . |