Example sentences of "you would [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye would n't be speaking tae me if ye were n't half pissed . ’ |
| 2 | If you say that a freely-floating body — and the weights would help a bit there , because they 'd keep it under water and out of any wind — moves down on the ebb at an average of a bit under two knots , you 'd not be far wrong . |
| 3 | That you were going to write , that you would be good at it , you 'd not be one of the ones who never made it , oh you had all the fine phrases , all the dreams . |
| 4 | I told her you 'd not be best pleased to see her , but she insisted on staying , as I said before . ’ |
| 5 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 6 | If you have not paid tax , then you would not be able to sign a Certificate of Deduction of Tax and ACET would not be able to reclaim tax on the covenant . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , if you had n't , you would not be here to tell the tale , Miss Thorne ? ‘ |
| 8 | ‘ If you let the pace drop you would not be on the pitch for very long . |
| 9 | ‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You do realise , ’ Mrs Carson said , ‘ that you would not be able to see your cousins at all until we reached New York ? |
| 11 | Papa , you would not be so cruel . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You would not be able to breathe . |
| 13 | ‘ You would not be able to breathe , ’ said the Thing patiently . |
| 14 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 15 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ he smiled apologetically , ‘ I 'm afraid you would not be given a hearing . ’ |
| 17 | If you had no competitors , you would not be in business |
| 18 | It seems therefore to show , more generally , that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat you can not know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true , you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 19 | And there are similar slightly different arguments , for instance Descartes ' version which takes q = you are dreaming and argues that since you do n't know that you are not dreaming you do n't know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true you would not be dreaming ( see the first Meditation in Descartes , 1955 ) . |
| 20 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 21 | You would not be reading this book now if we had to rely on " refills " for student notebooks . |
| 22 | You would not be afraid of any other country , if you were peaceful people . |
| 23 | ‘ Otherwise you would not be here . ’ |
| 24 | " You are already forgiven , my children , or you would not be here . |
| 25 | Or you would not be here . |
| 26 | Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So if I invited you to my house you would not be upset by the simple food I would serve ? ’ |
| 28 | This level of command was fixed ie as General Dwight Eisenhower you would not be expected to fly planes into combat , nor as the jockey of a M1 Abrams tank could you try and effect changes in grand strategy . |
| 29 | However , you would not be limited to advising on existing law . |
| 30 | If you are called for an interview with a local authority , you would not be expected to answer detailed questions relating to local government law . |