Example sentences of "would be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they thought that Amy was at the bottom of the Broad , they 'd be dragging it . |
| 2 | I thought I 'd be helping you by telling you what I did . |
| 3 | But if he was a war prisoner , soon they 'd be sending him back . |
| 4 | But then , they 'd be getting one soon . |
| 5 | They 'd be setting their own goals , targets and what have you . |
| 6 | I thought , well I knew you would , you 'd be sorting something out ! |
| 7 | After about a month I rang and was told I 'd be hearing something soon , and when I did n't I phoned again a month or so later and was told the same . |
| 8 | Well I , I 'd be wearing them at weekends , so , you know just , just just slouching around in really , well you know , perhaps , cycling yeah . |
| 9 | And then I 'd be wearing my cap back to front for a day or so . |
| 10 | ‘ I really prefer the idea of an older man or even a bedridden man — even a person totally incapacitated — because at least when you bought him a watch you 'd know you 'd be wearing it in a week or two yourself . |
| 11 | He 'd be expecting her to come dragging in at least ten minutes late , with a scowl on her face , unwilling and reluctant . |
| 12 | If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable . |
| 13 | ‘ The announcement would n't even reach half the city in that time , ’ the young officer protested hesitantly ‘ You 'd be ordering us to shoot anyone on the stree — ’ His speech ended with the full stop of a heavy bullet in the face . |
| 14 | ‘ For if he did so he 'd be proving my word worthless . |
| 15 | I was born a poor black boy down in Mississippi , out in Alabama and he 's like a jet white ai n't he ? and he says I always felt different cos all the other kids they just sit there and they 'd be tapping their feet and then you go onto the oh and they 're getting the old rhythm going , like they do and he 'd be going like I all so different I could n't quite do this and he used to get in look , and er |
| 16 | Only if you were n't here I 'd be enjoying it ! ’ |
| 17 | But in doing so I 'd be telling her that I knew that it had happened and therefore that Simon had talked to me . |
| 18 | So she 'd be telling everybody I expect . |
| 19 | If she met an alien in Wandsworth High Street , she 'd be telling it the way to the supermarket and offering it free babysitting before you could say ‘ flying saucer ’ . |
| 20 | We ca n't strike because we 'd be breaking our contracts , but I 'm sure not many want to stay . ’ |
| 21 | In two seconds you 'd be wanting me back for something . " |
| 22 | My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him . |
| 23 | And she 'd be watching you like a hawk you know . |
| 24 | ‘ When I discovered you 'd be accompanying him to Margrida 's lunch party , I decided that the only way I could handle it was by avoiding you . ’ |
| 25 | I 'd be wishing I 'll Christmas birthday coming |
| 26 | ‘ If you were mad you 'd be calling us all mad . |
| 27 | Besides , something told her she 'd be wasting her breath . |
| 28 | ‘ Did n't I say you 'd be wasting your time ? ’ |
| 29 | I think you 'd be wasting your time . |
| 30 | " You 'd be wasting your time — if he 's made it to Dublin , then he 's vanished . |