Example sentences of "he would be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Captain Hook were alive and well — he would be available for vengeance . ’ |
| 2 | Durham , by that reckoning , got it all wrong when they signed a batsman as their overseas player in the knowledge that he would be available for only 3½ months of the five-month season . |
| 3 | Although Hateley is now ruled out of the crunch game in Marseille on April 7 and the final mini-league match against CSKA Moscow two weeks later , he would be available for the final in Munich 's Olympic Stadium . |
| 4 | But for such proposed order the appellant would clearly be unable to hand over the documents : he would be subject to an implied undertaking , analogous to that arising on discovery in civil proceedings , not to use the disclosed documents otherwise than for the purposes for which discovery was given , here the pursuance of the criminal appeal which is now , of course , successfully concluded . |
| 5 | She hoped he would be gang-raped in the showers every night . |
| 6 | He would be accountable to the Minister of the Interior and would head a regional council which would include , as well as local officials , " not less than 10 people of learning , experience , and competence from the public " . |
| 7 | Talb 's lawyer , Mr Sven Eric Sjogren , said he would be appealing against the convictions . |
| 8 | He would be immutable in his relation with the addressee if she/he did not change . |
| 9 | Apart from the inherent implausibility of this claim , Althusser argues that if Marx were to defend it he would be vulnerable to the very criticism which he made of classical economy . |
| 10 | They were afraid that he would be unhappy about their success , because he had wanted to be a writer himself . |
| 11 | I 'm so angry that he would be proud of me ! |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sure he would be proud of you , ’ Merrill said slowly , still marvelling at this new-found empathy . |
| 13 | She knew where he would be straight after breakfast . |
| 14 | He had made sure that Oliver was so lonely and miserable that he would be desperate for any friends , however criminal . |
| 15 | It was imperative , however , to ensure he would be present at the table of Council presidents when debate was reasonably tranquil . |
| 16 | She could think of all manner of jobs that he would be capable of doing … hewing rocks , digging for Siberian salt … |
| 17 | Because both Rogers and Thomas had seen Share My Lettuce they knew he would be good for the part of the supercilious National Serviceman . |
| 18 | He stood for a moment longer , looking at her , unable to speak , seeing that she was so beautiful it was hurtful to him , thinking that in other circumstances he would be unmanned by such beauty , except that he was not unmanned , that was the very last thing … |
| 19 | Primo de Rivera was still alive and there could be little doubt that he would be opposed to the idea , for , even before the rising , he had warned against the danger of becoming the puppets of the military . |
| 20 | Thomas lies as naturally as other men breathe , if he told truth he would be untrue to himself . |
| 21 | Rome was not France , he would be essential in Rome , and if-they took him with Annunciata she knew what would happen in no time at all and how it would leave her . |
| 22 | The argument advanced is that the doctor is not obliged to respect the request of the patient — indeed , he is obliged to disregard it — since otherwise he would be guilty of an offence under section 2 . |
| 23 | The court said , however , obiter , that he would be guilty of the offence if he was storing the articles for use by others ( i.e. " use " need not be his use ) or if the accused intended to use the article for any burglary . |
| 24 | The extension of the offence to include obtaining possession or control will have the result that if Kilham , although pretending that he only wanted to borrow the horse , had in fact intended to deprive the owner permanently , he would be guilty under the clause , because he obtained possession of the horse . |
| 25 | Since this is contrary to his teaching concerning the convertibility of means and ends , it is hardly likely that he would be unconcerned with the kind of religion a person might profess to follow . |
| 26 | So he would be nice to gays ; he would be in favour of , and even extend , abortion rights ; he would be anti-militaristic ; he would hug trees . |
| 27 | In the words of Roger of Howden , " the young King , of his own accord and under no compulsion , laying his hands on the Holy Gospels in the presence of a large crowd of clerks and laymen , swore that from that day onward and for the rest of his life he would be loyal to King Henry , his father and his lord , and would serve him faithfully . |
| 28 | One of the drillers was told if drilling started he would be bored through the ground . |
| 29 | He rose , flung his arms wide , took a deep inhalation of sea air and climbed the few paces to the top of the dune where he would be visible to the clothed . |
| 30 | He would be half-way to Salt Lake City by now . |