Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But while my heart was aching for Estella , I had no idea that I would soon be hit by a disaster which would completely destroy my hopes and dreams . |
| 4 | Little did I think I would soon be playing , or trying to play , this one . |
| 5 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 6 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 7 | One stockbroking source said last night : ‘ There are a certain number of people who have already said : ‘ Listen , if I 'm going to get clobbered , I would rather be transferred , or maybe I could find someone else who can transfer me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 9 | If the chips are down I would rather be tried by an average jury than the CAA or SIB . |
| 10 | The pronoun I would thus be rendered " the person who is experiencing this " ( for severe difficulties with such a view , see Gale , 1968 ) . |
| 11 | He then announced that the courts had found me innocent and therefore I would shortly be released . |
| 12 | The fact is that if I had n't taken part in the BBC television previews of the big event I would probably be riding my old friend Bonanza Boy . |
| 13 | If I showed the slightest sign of taking sides about Bodyline , or suggesting that it was a threat to cricket , my reports would be censored and I would probably be replaced . |
| 14 | Mark Raggett , a businessman spearheading the effort , said : ‘ If I was to take some of these materials and technologies back to the Soviet Union , I would probably be breaking the law . ’ |
| 15 | When I rode Docklands Express in his work , I was thinking I would probably be having my fourth Grand National ride on Bonanza Boy — then there were reports of rain across the country , which made me feel quite satisfied to be on Martin Pipe 's runner . |
| 16 | If a woman who was rude got killed , I would surely be strung up , tortured , cut down and my heart excised . |
| 17 | Over-confident , I would surely be found out soon … |
| 18 | I would also be invited to participate in a discussion on the bountiful attractions of timeshare property ownership . |
| 19 | I would also be required to go to Bristol a couple of days later to do some work in the studio and , I assumed , to help with the editing . |
| 20 | If a virus had begun to affect people who put crosses against Conservative candidates in general elections , I would presumably be arguing that this proved how immoral it was to vote Tory , but I hope nobody would believe me . |
| 21 | I thought that just because I had money , I would somehow be accepted more . |
| 22 | Colleagues I 'd just like to put one of er John 's themes and that is that for the next couple of days we 've got a hell of a lot of business to get through and er we 've done quite well so far but er I would certainly be looking where possible colleagues for formally seconding er , as often as possible , if not all the time and I really appreciate your er your assistance in that regard because we have a great deal of business to get through in the next two days . |
| 23 | Erm , so I would certainly be asking you to keep some contingency provision in that area , because we project some very expensive one-off demands on certain elements of children 's services . |
| 24 | ‘ I would hardly be joining a group if I felt it was about to be taken over . |
| 25 | On the other hand , the inspector 's belief that I would never be punished proved only too true when I returned to London and the inquest was held . |
| 26 | I regularly get total signal failure and if I followed some of the compass courses displayed I would never be heard of again . |
| 27 | If it were so , I would now be scratching the lumps and bumps on a very delicate area . ’ |
| 28 | Chris Patten Without the Winter of Discontent , I would now be running my third government . |
| 29 | If there were nothing more to it than this , I would only be repeating what I said in the previous chapter about the persistence of facies . |
| 30 | I was being utterly foolish ; my duty was to stay on , do A-levels , and go on to Oxford or Cambridge ( which took an extra term ) ; the local grammar school was not good enough to fulfil this latter purpose and if I went there , I would only be throwing my education away ; and , besides , did I not realise that , in the face of difficulties , one should never give up , but struggle on and thus establish a superior strength of character ? |