Example sentences of "i would [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By which time I would be off the ‘ purpose built ’ , heading for the spaces … |
| 2 | I would be about |
| 3 | Erm so I think I would be between the golf and and erm the medical side . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd think I would be over this by now , ’ Mait said darkly , eyeing the lake . |
| 5 | I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class . |
| 6 | I 'm tired this morning , but not as tired as I thought I would be considering two nights out . |
| 7 | ‘ If I 'm going to watch games , I would be of more use studying the following week 's opposition and helping prepare for them . |
| 8 | I was made sorry for her at first , as I would be for any young girl , crippled — it is hinted by the cruelty of her husband — and a mother , but even at the beginning there is a niggling doubt that she is rather superficial and shallow . |
| 9 | If you drew lines along the class map of England , I would be at the point where they all meet . ’ |
| 10 | When the girl at the reception desk discovered that I would be leaving early in the morning , she insisted on refunding £2 , since I would be on the road before she arrived to cook breakfast . |
| 11 | ‘ If I was n't defending , I would be on the next plane home , ’ he said . |
| 12 | When we used to go out in the street , I would be on one side of the matron holding her arm , my sister on the other side doing the same . |
| 13 | I would be on my bike for the rest of my life , stuck on the stopping train to nowhere . |
| 14 | As the campaign proceeded , I kept quiet as I began to have a vision of some grisly post-polling day ceremony in which I would be on a platform like a performance artist from the sixties , vomiting and gagging while attempting to ingest yet another page : ‘ You 're doing okay . |
| 15 | If the S.M.O. was right , which he was bound to be , being a very experienced physician , then the crisis would come any time from the day after tomorrow — when I would be on nights ' off . |
| 16 | And the next fortnight I would be on the afternoon shift , which meant getting the same distance , to half past two to work till They were eight hour shifts you see and the night shift likewise had to come a very er a tremendous number from working at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham ev even in those days , travel from various places . |
| 17 | I would be on Death Row , bar shadows permanently tigerstriping my face . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I was nervous because I did not have any friends and I was worried that I would be on my own . |
| 20 | ‘ I would be like your Queen : not having so much power but maintaining my dignity and status . |
| 21 | I would be like that . |
| 22 | She had no idea that I would be in this area . |
| 23 | I would be in favour of making it illegal to smoke while driving . |
| 24 | Already I would be in what Nabokov calls ‘ a manly condition ’ , and the release was sharp and sweet . |
| 25 | They would be on army pay , but I would be in command . |
| 26 | ‘ One day , he would tell me , I would be in the record books and so I should remain ageless . |
| 27 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |
| 28 | Let's say a former Salford student or even faculty member wanted to visit the States for three weeks , maybe I would be in a position to provide some ( rental ) accommodation for a fraction of the cost of a hotel or package deal . |
| 29 | I asked because I wanted to know if I would be in a job if Sharon was in a position to employ me . |
| 30 | Er well I 'm sixty-five you see , so I mean I would be in my forties would n't I you see . |