Example sentences of "they would [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 2 | If the children had been with us they 'd have been in the disco , fortunately soundproofed , every night . |
| 3 | If there were any monsters with tentacles and teeth , they 'd have been overwhelmed by sheer force of nome . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd have been all right if they 'd been firewomen — she loves women , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Another day and they 'd have been as dead as doornails . |
| 6 | I 'm not saying they 'd have been sucked down with the yacht but they might have had a rather uncomfortable time . ’ |
| 7 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 8 | I knew it was just idle threats , but a lot would n't have — they 'd have been distraught . |
| 9 | The rain put an end to their chances of a walk — not that they 'd have been likely to spot a deer anyway , after the noise made by the horn and the gun . |
| 10 | If Gesell had killed DeVore , they 'd have been back to square one . |
| 11 | They picked up so much more corn that — if I were to leave them — they 'd have been in trouble in no time . |
| 12 | But they 'd have been too sloshed to notice . |
| 13 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |
| 14 | If they had had pistols , they 'd have been able to get a better aim . |
| 15 | or they 'd have been in a different position |
| 16 | They 'd have been able to certify him insane , or he 'd have done something so terrible and criminal they could have put him in prison , where he 'd be sodomised and knifed ; quietly disposed of without any fuss because the rules were different in there . |
| 17 | If I 'd been painting shadows they 'd have been blue or grey , but real shadows are n't nearly so simple ! ’ |
| 18 | They 'd have been worried sick about her , and what could they do so many miles away ? |
| 19 | Well I suppose they 'd have been used to going there before you see . |
| 20 | They 'd have been forgotten and the whole community would be satisfied ’ ( my emphasis ) . |
| 21 | At this time of the evening they 'd have been drinking for an hour . |
| 22 | So they 'd have been picking people in their thirties then , now they 'd be in their sixties . |
| 23 | Even with this kind of evidence , even with that kind of evidence , almost uniquely good evidence in my experience , the Council leadership , which is in , has been in possession of it for the best part of a month has made no move to suspend any Chief Officer on charges of gross misconduct , which of course if it had been any of our members accused of something like that , they 'd have been down the road instantly , nor has it reinstated any worker wrongly sacked . |
| 24 | Especially after all the hype about 15pt gap you 'd have thought that they 'd have been looking at the ‘ nearest rival trying to close the gap ! ! ’ . |
| 25 | No because our training is such that there is n't the officers just would not come into that bedroom at all because there is a threat in there and I 'm dealing with that threat and unless I specifically call for another officer to come and give me a hand there is no need to come in and in fact if anybody had 've done they 'd have been told to get out because I 've got a problem there and that 's my problem . |
| 26 | They were testing our responses and they 'd have been disappointed if we had n't been there . |
| 27 | If these had been real Tag Heuer watches they 'd have been worth thousands , but in fact at around 25 pounds each they 're a rip-off . |
| 28 | They 'd have been to the Catholic service , had their sins forgiven from the week before , then started again . ’ |
| 29 | No , no it was very much a green field area , and I think if they 'd have wanted to get bomb anywhere they 'd have been directed at Castle Bromwich , which were very much they were building Lancasters and Sterlings and they were very much the heart of the British bomber industry . |
| 30 | Good job we put the goats in then , they 'd have been cold I think if we 'd left them much longer outside . |