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Example sentences of "you would [not/n't] be " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 .
2	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 .
3	I told her you 'd not be best pleased to see her , but she insisted on staying , as I said before . ’
4	You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’
5	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 .
6	‘ Well , if you had n't , you would not be here to tell the tale , Miss Thorne ? ‘
7	‘ If you let the pace drop you would not be on the pitch for very long .
8	‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’
9	‘ You do realise , ’ Mrs Carson said , ‘ that you would not be able to see your cousins at all until we reached New York ?
10	Papa , you would not be so cruel . ’
11	‘ You would not be able to breathe .
12	‘ You would not be able to breathe , ’ said the Thing patiently .
13	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 .
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	‘ No , ’ he smiled apologetically , ‘ I 'm afraid you would not be given a hearing . ’
16	If you had no competitors , you would not be in business
17	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 .
18	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 ) .
19	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 .
20	You would not be reading this book now if we had to rely on " refills " for student notebooks .
21	You would not be afraid of any other country , if you were peaceful people .
22	‘ Otherwise you would not be here . ’
23	" You are already forgiven , my children , or you would not be here .
24	Or you would not be here .
25	Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’
26	‘ So if I invited you to my house you would not be upset by the simple food I would serve ? ’
27	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 .
28	However , you would not be limited to advising on existing law .
29	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 .
30	You are further required as a condition of this appointment to accept that if the appointment is not renewed at the end of the period referred to then you would not be entitled to claim any redundancy payment under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 or under any analogous provisions , should your appointment not be renewed at the end of the period referred to .