Example sentences of "would [adv] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's nowhere he 'd rather be than back in his native Enniskillen — where he can unashamedly lead life at a crawling pace . |
| 2 | Oh yes when I went to Stronsay Academy first we were very much kids for the country being all this country ones and often we 'd sometimes be and said some terribly wild and woolly awfully countrified phrase you know until pride sort of came to our rescue when we we got out of it as much as ever we could . |
| 3 | He could think of nowhere he would rather be than at home , with people he knew and trusted , in a place without secrets . |
| 4 | Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it . |
| 5 | Perhaps , in the years to come , she would get Mrs Aggie to move , but that would only be when she was too old to take the cart out . |
| 6 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 7 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 8 | It would only be if they suspected that something odd was going on . |
| 9 | It would only be if somebody was off on long term sickness or |
| 10 | ‘ If [ the argument ] were right , then the result would merely be that the making of the contract constituted the appropriation . |
| 11 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 12 | He said it would just be until I got myself sorted out , and then I would get him back straight away . |
| 13 | But the ground of the complaint would not be that the giraffe 's right to self determination was being thwarted , as we would say of a human being in a cage , but the general distaste at the conviction that the animal must be suffering severe discomfort . |
| 14 | Whenever I drove to a hospital my question would not be whether there was a demonstration but how big . |
| 15 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |
| 16 | Of course , a rule permitting the directors to defend the company from a poorly-managed predator would be perfectly coherent ( and might be desirable ) , but this would not be because the entity has an intrinsic significance that merits protection , but rather because the rule would serve the rational purpose of protecting the interests of groups other than the shareholders who would be adversely affected by a change in control . |
| 17 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 18 | The question would normally be whether their decision was unreasonable in the sense that no tribunal acquainted with the ordinary use of language could reasonably reach that decision . |
| 19 | If you are dealing with a matter which upsets you , you may not be as objective in your judgement as you would normally be and you may be oversensitive . |
| 20 | They were , however , encouraged to delay their accident estimate until they had thought specifically about how busy the junction would normally be and how it might appear in other conditions . |
| 21 | Soon she would lie down in the arms of a stronger lover than Tom would ever be and fall asleep . |
| 22 | She would likely never see her sister again , so that in her mind she would always be as she had been on that last walk over the moor to Barnswick . |
| 23 | And no doubts , never any doubts at all , that men thought as he would have them think , and would always be as he had always known them . |
| 24 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 25 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 26 | As a result , although the coverage is not as lively or interesting as it would probably be if the editors had more freedom , it is not nearly as stilted as many people feared ; it is certainly much better than the terribly restricted and monotonous presentation of the Canadian House of Commons . |
| 27 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 28 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 30 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |