Example sentences of "that would not be " in BNC.

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1 That would n't be time enough to think but at least it would give me a chance to calm down .
2 He only had one tiny conviction for shoplifting so far , and felt sure that would n't be held against him .
3 If he was to sing to you guvnor , and then we had a little collection , now that would n't be begging now would it ? ’
4 I would say I drifted into it , but that would n't be true .
5 That would n't be wise , Dr Latimer .
6 It 's tempting to say that the bigger model was just more of the same , with added reverb , but that would n't be true .
7 That would n't be Colly Roberts — killed when the getaway car burned out ? ’
8 he 's retired , but he 's , he 's been quite busy with this Festival , but I , I said to him , now what I 'll do is maybe come and you and him and Jane maybe kind of will just sort of have a quick confab sometime just talk about what he wants , and he will be kind of happy to do that with obviously we 'd have to find a drop of money to pay for the tapes , I mean that would n't be huge and expensive .
9 Yes because what happens when you 've got just a very thin L , the magic E can even work through it , U , right , so it will be jugle , yeah , jugle , that would n't be the right pronunciation at all , okay , let's go on to the next one
10 But in a way , even that would n't be more difficult to credit , perhaps , than the truth .
11 No , that would n't be much of a holiday .
12 " That would n't be much fun for you .
13 It , that would n't be outside the scale fee .
14 That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight .
15 And if they shot her instead — well , perhaps that would n't be quite so bad .
16 They know he wo n't be in any of the obvious places — that would n't be his style at all .
17 That would n't be good . ’
18 But you know I still think that I 'm drawn towards that sort of teaching , performing that kind of role erm and that would n't be fulfilled by librarianship at all .
19 She probably did tell him to go away and stop following her around , but that would n't be a reason for him screaming he 'd kill her . ’
20 First , take the legs and heave them up and over ; then grab the body by the arms or legs and drag it to the edge … no , that would n't be practicable , that way the killer would be moving backwards and be the first to fall .
21 Lucien wanted to say , ‘ I did , ’ but he knew that would n't be , could n't be , true .
22 She , Claudia , would have to try to pick up the pieces , and that would n't be easy .
23 ‘ Eh — that would n't be on , Rose , ’ said her husband .
24 That would n't be good for the baby , would it ?
25 That would n't be worrying her now , surely ? ’
26 That would n't be playing by the rules , would it ? ’
27 She kept her eyes lowered when Feargal stood to speak , because if he glanced at her , and she saw contempt in his eyes , she would probably lose her temper , and that would n't be fair , not on Terry 's day .
28 Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter .
29 That would n't be blasphemy .
30 Another number , ‘ That Would n't Be You ’ , was replaced by ‘ Is This Where I Wake Up ? ’ , sung by Crawford , Diana Quick and the dancers , who included Suzanne Danielle and Jo-Anne Robinson , who subsequently became the star 's secretary and girlfriend .
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