Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you promised there would be holidays . ’ |
| 2 | If the proposals leaked they would be dynamite inside the health service , and yet they had come round with only the routine ‘ confidential ’ security classification . |
| 3 | In 1988 , Karl Ludvigsen came out with a study that two of the big six would go away — he predicted they would be GM and Renault . |
| 4 | She guessed it would be Nicky Kai , eager to hear her singing the praises of her beloved island once more , and she might be willing to stay and share the light supper she had been planning for herself as it was Sunday , the one evening of the week on which Florian might occasionally make a concession to the fact of his breakfast show slot and retire soon after dark . |
| 5 | When she returned there would be aggro over major matters . |
| 6 | They realized there would be difficulties in discrediting the evidence of Mr Ross 's false identification of Meehan 's voice and of that of the planted pieces of paper , but nonetheless remained optimistic . |
| 7 | I knew you would be James because he said his brother 's name and , I know it 's Keith , it must be James |
| 8 | And then you dragged him to the altar , or was it the registrar ? — I 've never had an account of the joyful occasion — and then you came back up here , and-you thought you 'd be Queen of Oswaldston , with your little private income , and your nice stone house , and your upper-class ways . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You thought you 'd be Sherlock Holmes ? ’ |
| 10 | Both he and Mr Balladur knew there would be strains between them . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew there would be trouble at that roundabout — the road approaches it at a very acute angle . |
| 12 | She knew there would be tea , coffee and most other things she would need for tonight . |
| 13 | and there was one week that Pat came , because I used to get the meat off of the van by the gate then , and I do n't know what it was this week , but I bought the meat ready minced and when I come to give it to you , I knew there 'd be complaints , I do n't know what we were having |
| 14 | I bet some of the crew thought there 'd be wheels right into the Jungle and food trucks parked every few miles and they 'd get burgers and chips served by girls wearing flower garlands round their necks . |
| 15 | Thought there 'd be violence |
| 16 | We did n't live together because I felt it would be years before I 'd be reasonable company for another human being . |
| 17 | Belinda knew it would be Tom Russell , but that did n't stop her from flushing foolishly at the sight of him standing in the doorway , jiggling his car keys in his hand . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought it would be chips with everything , ’ she whispered . |
| 19 | ‘ I always thought it would be marriage or nothing for you — especially after the way you 've kept men at arm 's length over the years I 've known you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I thought it would be Mr Lawrence … |
| 21 | I thought it would be Michael . |
| 22 | My husband really thought it would be Major Oak . |
| 23 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 24 | Marilyn Thompson was Charlie 's wife 's best friend ; Charlie was to be Jack 's best man and one day he thought he would be godfather to Jack 's first child . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought he 'd be man enough to — ’ but Leith had other things on her mind and wasted no time cutting in and going into orbit . |
| 26 | He is the mathematician who says that intelligent life in the Universe does not exist , because if it did we would be knee deep in space probes by now . |
| 27 | If they did it would be soooooo cooool . |
| 28 | If he did it would be Europe 's loss . |
| 29 | She said there would be development of long-term partnerships with patients , their families and their carers and with other agencies including those in the voluntary sector . |
| 30 | Yesterday Dr John Marks , the chairman of the association 's council , said the crucial phrase lay in a working paper accompanying the White Paper which said there would be legislation ‘ to require ’ authorities to keep to their drug budgets . |