Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in that first year , at ten percent , you 'd be given a capital allowance of five hundred pounds , to be set against a profit of four hundred pounds . |
| 2 | And the theory was that if you served thirty years in the Ce Central African police , you 'd be given a section of land in what later became Rhodesia . |
| 3 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone a week , perhaps longer . ’ |
| 4 | Now I 've had two of those rest days prior to all this so I would be owed a fortnight 's holiday pay plus three rest days . |
| 5 | Now , on the chaise to Banff , Boswell planned with Johnson that they would regenerate the University of St Andrews according to the abilities or conceits of the Club members , each of whom would be granted a Faculty or two . |
| 6 | Between 1337 and 1353 the tax on wool formed part of a series of schemes under which the king attempted to establish a body of powerful and wealthy merchants who would be granted a monopoly in the purchase and export of wool in return for making loans to the king which would be repaid from the maltote , the export tax on wool . |
| 7 | Around her neck would be placed a bib of gold which reached to her waist . |
| 8 | If you were a girl Wolf Cub you would be called a Louvette . |
| 9 | To a very large extent , Hound Tor represents the archetypal hamlet described by Harald Uhlig as representing the original west European type of settlement — what would be called a drubbel in Germany or claehan on the Celtic fringes — a hamlet inhabited by relatives , working the land together . |
| 10 | The Earl of Bothwell , nephew of the earl who had done James 's mother so much harm , was what today would be called a tearaway : he revelled in leading Border raids , once broke into the Edinburgh Tolbooth to free one of his men from custody , and was widely believed to hold the office of chief warlock to various covens of witches . |
| 11 | No , the girl would be taught a lesson . |
| 12 | About a year before I left it was all discussed when I would be made a partner along with one or two other people who were being brought through . |
| 13 | The Sheikha would know what she could spend on gifts for her prospective daughter-in-law ; the son would be given a budget for his bride house . |
| 14 | He would sometimes be slapped with a hand on the bottom , and very occasionally would be given a clip around the ear by Mr Roberts . |
| 15 | He would sometimes be slapped with a hand on the bottom , and very occasionally would be given a clip around the ear by Mr Roberts . |
| 16 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 17 | At meal times the children would make a line and wait at one end of the room , where a table had been placed , there they would be given a helping of that day 's menu . |
| 18 | The judgement on whether the consequences were acceptable was clearly left to the negotiators : all that had been done was to remove the uncertainty as to what the consequences would be given a set of grade boundaries , not to state whether any set of consequences was acceptable . |
| 19 | Each of these values would be given a weight of ¼ and the sum of these values would be the forecast . |
| 20 | ‘ Before this election , Chris Patten sent a note to departments about campaign plans and how Ministers would be given a theme every day . |
| 21 | ‘ I like the exercise and , besides , I have two friends down the road in a Land Rover , ’ I said , implying that I would be given a lift . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He explained the procedure by which Balbinder would be given a place . |
| 24 | A new industrial relations court would be given a conciliation role with full powers of enforcement and damages , the right to take sympathy action would be restored , while secondary picketing would only be allowed where the second employer was directly assisting the first employer to frustrate the dispute . |
| 25 | Sugar , in his sworn statement , said : ‘ Venables said what usually happens is that people would meet Clough in a motorway cafe somewhere , and that Clough would be handed a bag of money . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He said what usually happens is that people would meet Clough in a motorway cafe somewhere , and that Clough would be handed a bag of money , ’ said Sugar . |
| 27 | ‘ He told me that what actually happened was that people would meet Mr Clough in a motorway service station and that Mr Clough would be handed a bag of money . |
| 28 | This latter would be handed a bus pass and a deck chair , and could pass the time wondering to their hearts ' content why the hell they were there . |
| 29 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 30 | When I moved to Gloucestershire in 1961 I was told by a neighbour to lie low and remember that , although the progeny of an adjacent county ( Worcestershire ) , I would be held a foreigner by Gloucestershire folk for at least 25 years . |