Example sentences of "would be [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 2 | This posting was a remarkable achievement , considering the number of regular officers trying desperately to get to the front , dreading that the war would be over before they could take part . |
| 3 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |
| 4 | Soon her ordeal would be over and she vowed it was the first and last time she would act as model . |
| 5 | Sarella herself was buoyed up by the thought that soon this nightmare would be over and she would be able to pull herself together under cover of a solid stint of hard work . |
| 6 | We knew Compaq would be around and it would be a technically healthy upgrade not a guddle . ’ |
| 7 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 8 | So he would be under the STV , and in many constituencies his re.adoption would be practically as it is now a guarantee of his return to Westminster . |
| 9 | Anne Hanvey would be here before she knew it , to pick up Nick and Linda for school . |
| 10 | ‘ I never dreamed I would be here when I was lying in bed getting the chemotherapy with a five to ten per cent chance of survival . |
| 11 | He would be here if he was not in prison . ’ |
| 12 | They did n't want his help , each one told him straight , because by the time he was briefed into what they were working on , then he would be away and they 'd have wasted the classroom time . |
| 13 | Love with such a person , Miranda knew , would be exactly as she had imagined it : ringed with radiance , and tenderness and glamour , larger than life , more brightly-coloured , just like the movies . |
| 14 | Erm , and we had a a little meeting Margaret , Joan and I , just to go through the agenda for today , and we thought that , we th perhaps five was a better number , erm , because we thought Maisie would be on as she does the bookings , but we would n't expect you to do anything else , Maisie , yeah . |
| 15 | Michael Ramsey took Eden 's letter into the chapel but knew what his answer would be even before he put it on the altar . |
| 16 | That would be just after you decided not to declare exterminatus after all … |
| 17 | In the preceding section it was accepted without question that if experiments were wasteful , presumably with or without animals , it would be best if they did not take place . |
| 18 | ‘ It would be best if we continued this conversation elsewhere . ’ |
| 19 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it would be best if we remained on formal terms . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And so , after having a good , long talk about the problem with both Liz and Owen , Ross decided that it would be best if we brought the girls back here , to London , until their parents leave hospital . ’ |
| 22 | I think it would be best if I went somewhere else . ’ |
| 23 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Walker thought , as I 'd come to see you before , it would be best if I came again . |
| 25 | Maybe it would be best if you came over here . ’ |
| 26 | Now , if you 're not going to order another drink quietly then I think it would be best if you went on your way . ’ |
| 27 | I think it would be best if you came across as nobly resigned : ‘ How could she stoop to do this to me ’ — something along those lines — without going into too much detail . |
| 28 | I 'm sure it would be best if you both went , deferred this interview until a more suitable occasion . ’ |
| 29 | It would be best if you saw the boy yourself . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps it would be best if you left me at the cottage and went back to London . |