Example sentences of "we would [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have moved pianos upstairs , in certain cases where it 's a very open staircase and a straight one , but we wo n't normally do that cos er we need the equipment to do it , the proper sled and everything and we have n't got those things because we would n't be asked upon to do it often enough . |
| 2 | If a number of investments did n't go wrong we would n't be taking sufficient risks . |
| 3 | Allied spokesman Godfrey Linnett said : ‘ We would n't be investing this money in a loss leader . |
| 4 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 5 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 6 | We would n't be getting it . |
| 7 | She is not keen on hardbacks : ‘ If it was n't for the literary editors we would n't be publishing in hardback any more — some books we would , but not a lot . ’ |
| 8 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 9 | I mean let's be honest if we all turned out that 's five and if the rest of the Executive Committee turned out that would virtually take it up to ten we would n't be looking for many more after that |
| 10 | That we would n't be stepped upon . |
| 11 | would be slightly different because they , we 'd only be collecting a part of the premium we would n't be collecting their investment part if that 's in arrears . |
| 12 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 13 | to most of it and we would n't be producing too much unburnt fuel coming out of the back , you know |
| 14 | So it , as I said to you in my opening remarks , here 's a clear example of us having to move in a direction that we would n't be recommending to you in terms of policy , but we 're driven by the financial considerations . |
| 15 | If it was only an even chance , we would n't be trying this . |
| 16 | We rang grandma of course to say we would n't be swimming . |
| 17 | I knew once we started playing electrically we would n't be confusing the journalists and they would n't think it was just some guy from Dinosaur masturbating in his room . |
| 18 | If you bought straight from him we would n't be paying money to the galleries , but I can see you 're frightened to go , I said , so there 's an end to it . |
| 19 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 20 | ‘ You ca n't have any real scruples about our supposed affair or we would n't be working for you , so I can only assume that you 're making this personal attack for the sheer hell of it , because you once got a kick out of disapproving of me — despising me — and you 're trying to recapture the thrill of it all . ’ |
| 21 | And it was all about er , Now that th we 're nationalized railway nationalized , it meant that we could er gain promotion and we would n't be confined to the one section . |
| 22 | But we would n't be starting at that , at the point that you did because we did not , would not have spent the approaching five million that you spent in the first er , month or two of this council . |
| 23 | Oh , yes , I was only a girl , and he was only a boy — but when my mother told me we would n't be coming back , and that I 'd very soon forget him , I believed her . ’ |
| 24 | Some somebody must be interested , otherwise we would n't be doing this theoretically . |
| 25 | ‘ I got Nell to tell his father that if Sheridan came to breakfast we would n't be putting on our scene , and it did the trick . |
| 26 | I had n't bothered , thinking we would n't be going , ’ Maggie told Susan . |
| 27 | The news was welcomed by England skipper Graham Gooch , who said : ‘ Obviously we would n't be going to India if the conditions were not suitable . |
| 28 | Although the move was probably inspired by the fighting , it did n't mean that we would n't be going home soon . |
| 29 | Otherwise we would n't be standing on this deck right now . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Without trust , ’ Jed said , ‘ we would n't be standing here now . ’ |