Example sentences of "they would be on " in BNC.
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1 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
2 | They 'd be on their back in no time . |
3 | Cast them upon their own resources , and they 'd be on Valium three times a day before you could say Hoffmann-La Roche . |
4 | They 'd be on cup three or four amid the toast fragments , still relaxed but just beginning to wake up to the day 's promise , when Mrs Goreng and myself would join them for what was left of the luke-warm coffee . |
5 | They 'd be they 'd be on their way If they were going to Ireland , they 'd be a a a well away from St Patrick would n't they ? |
6 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
7 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
8 | They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan . |
9 | they they 'd be on a farm if he wants . |
10 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |
11 | They would be on army pay , but I would be in command . |
12 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
13 | As soon as Dennis arrived , she would bandage him up and they would be on their way by five thirty . |
14 | That way , they would know exactly where they were , and this time , if they turned right , then right again , they would be on course for the station . |
15 | They would be on the same corridor as him in the Embassy 's accommodation annexe , and later they would talk through the case history together . |
16 | And although subsequent reviews found it thoroughly sane and quite uncontroversial , clerics of the Church of England publicly announced that they would be on standby alert to deal with any members of their congregation upset by the programmes . |
17 | Not because she could n't remember , but because it was such a long time since she 'd seen her and she felt strange , suddenly , knowing that this time tomorrow they would be on their way to Scotland and she would be waiting for them . |
18 | Following the judgement , it was clear to anyone concerned to suppress publication of the Diaries , or any part of them , that they would be on an impossibly bad wicket . |
19 | They would be on their backs , legs in the air and their bellies all blown up . |
20 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , braking and getting out — at least they would be on the same level then , instead of her being ten frigid feet tall and him crouching six inches high in the driving seat of his car — ‘ about last night … ’ |
21 | The planes were already warming up ; it was a short flight , only thirty miles ; with luck they would be on patrol again that afternoon . |
22 | In Hungary the roads improved and from Vienna they would be on motorways all the way to the Channel . |
23 | They would be on college property , and that was somehow different — not like breaking into a stranger 's house in the outside world . |
24 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
25 | Claims to privilege are the same as they would be on ordinary discovery . |
26 | But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment |
27 | But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment |