Example sentences of "would [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) . |
| 2 | I 'd rather be at the dentist , like they think I am , than with them . |
| 3 | She pointed to the sleek white pleasure yacht which I had seen lying at anchor at the foot of the small hill , and chaffed Baker , ‘ I always have the feeling he 'd rather be on the water than on dry land . |
| 4 | I was offered this amazing job in London , but I felt no , I 've got plenty of time , I 'd rather be with her until she goes to secondary school . |
| 5 | I 'd rather be without . |
| 6 | And at any time if you decide you 'd rather be in government bonds than in , say , stock market shares , just let us know . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't tell me you 'd rather be in my company ? ’ |
| 8 | I 'd rather be in my workshop , trying to invent radio . |
| 9 | I 'd rather carry on in my own sweet way , and I 'd rather be in Stockholm . |
| 10 | Mind you , I 'd rather be like that . |
| 11 | Birthing is woman 's work and thoo 'd only be in t'road . ’ |
| 12 | He is in the best place , and I 'm sure I 'd only be in your way . |
| 13 | He was a good local caddie but Mr Palmer made him nervous , and I could tell he 'd sooner be with Gary player and a quiet life . |
| 14 | I 'd sooner be in this hospital . |
| 15 | They 'd just be in their underwear and er it 's er there 's certain evidence that they engaged in what we would call heavy petting nowadays . |
| 16 | At that rate she 'd soon be through the wood and gone . |
| 17 | He thought I 'd soon be on my way back to England , you see . |
| 18 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 19 | Yo , you 'd only got to tell mother and she 'd soon be after him ! |
| 20 | Even though we were always moving around , we 'd always be on the same tip ; we 'd go to bed at the same time and my mom would carry cooking pots into hotels and cook — stink out the whole place with curry . |
| 21 | He 'd always be on his best behaviour then ! ’ |
| 22 | We used to do speed and stuff and I could never get to sleep because they 'd always be in my bed — it was like having kittens in the house . |
| 23 | ‘ If Harry had n't been rushed off to the hospital with chest pains today , ’ he continued , ‘ then I 'd still be at a loss as to know what my only daughter gets up to when my back is turned . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd still be at home now if … ’ |
| 25 | w well I think we 'd still be on number three or four . |
| 26 | I should have known that she 'd still be with you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought you 'd still be in Cabinet . ’ |
| 28 | She 'd still be in there , under the kitchen table , and number seven — Mother of God , that was hers ! |
| 29 | Ten minutes later , he 'd still be in his underpants . |
| 30 | Even when they did , it tended to be in flippant terms ; for example , one student remarked that without physics ‘ we 'd be in a right mess for a start ’ ; another that ‘ we 'd still be in the caves ’ . |