Example sentences of "and [pers pn] would be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 If she took her problem to Rachel , Rachel would listen and she would be on Maggie 's side .
3 Only a few hours and she would be with him again .
4 It was and she would be in time .
5 ‘ Some of the equipment we have been donated is lifesaving and we would be in a very difficult situation without it . ’
6 Some of their skills and knowledge are specific to the company for which they work , and they would be of less value to another company .
7 As soon as Dennis arrived , she would bandage him up and they would be on their way by five thirty .
8 And they would be like that scorched bread .
9 The stress had already afected their health and they would be in their 70s before the project was completed .
10 She might have sat all afternoon , nibbling and stuporous , exhausted but not sleepy ; but the glazier finally came down from the upper floor , cheerfully announcing that all was now right and tight and he would be on his way .
11 Ferdinando was far too old , but only mention the cause and he would be into his old daydreams , seeing himself at the head of a column moving relentlessly on the Austrians .
12 And he would be at death 's door — unrecognizable .
13 He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked .
14 In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow .
15 I knew the squadron was ordered out that night and he would be amongst them , and if ever death was in the face of a man , it was in his that afternoon .
16 These findings support our own observations and it would be of interest to use immunohistochemistry to examine for the presence of other cytokines in the normal human mucosa .
17 The Israelis must , in their hearts , know this , and it would be to their everlasting credit to acknowledge it .
18 Yet they can only survive in warm or temperate climes , and it would be to their advantage to grow bigger .
19 Preparations for Gould 's visit to his brother-in-law 's station at Yarrundi had to be made , and it would be at least three days before Gould could escape the streets of Sydney to resume his ‘ favourite pursuits ’ .
20 In practice the Crown would now be unlikely to dismiss a judge without an Address , and it would be for the two Houses to decide whether the misbehaviour justified dismissal .
21 At most , therefore , there is in evidential burden on the defendant , and it would be for the prosecutor to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the report was unfair or inaccurate , or that the proceedings were not before a tribunal exercising judicial authority .
22 With each increase in the average rate of pay , the minimum wage itself would have to go up and it would be for ever chasing its own tail .
23 Tonight she would make love for the first time — and it would be with the man she loved .
24 If the approach was that way he would get no warning at all , and it would be on top of George — his name for the dummy sitting like a drunken son-of-a-bitch — before he knew it .
25 ‘ They 'd ring the big stores in London , give them an order in the morning and it would be on the train in the afternoon , and here by evening .
26 The need for an element of surprise is also glaring , and it would be worth Cox 's monitoring the John Sheridan situation at Forest .
27 One is secret and compartmented , and another is sort of boyish and boastful , and it would be in character for him to say , I wo n't be here tomorrow , I will be down south , and then for him to say , Yes , it was a quick trip and I flew all night and I came back and I have n't slept for 48 hours , always complaining about how busy he was and how terribly overworked .
28 When the regiment was about to leave , the same little posse returned to the centre of the town to tell tradesmen they were on the move , and it would be in their interests to stop giving further credit immediately .
29 If he achieves his ambitious growth targets it is bound to mean more jobs although it is highly unlikely that they will grow at the same rate — ‘ but it would be fairly substantial and it would be in Glasgow ’ .
30 And they would be looking for a bed for the night and it would be in the old hay shed that we would put them but there would n't be a problem .
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