Example sentences of "they would be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | They would be on army pay , but I would be in command . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As soon as Dennis arrived , she would bandage him up and they would be on their way by five thirty . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They would be on their backs , legs in the air and their bellies all blown up . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 12 | The planes were already warming up ; it was a short flight , only thirty miles ; with luck they would be on patrol again that afternoon . |
| 13 | In Hungary the roads improved and from Vienna they would be on motorways all the way to the Channel . |
| 14 | They would be on college property , and that was somehow different — not like breaking into a stranger 's house in the outside world . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Claims to privilege are the same as they would be on ordinary discovery . |
| 17 | But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment |
| 18 | But they would be on the lines they would be on there are erm measures being taken at the moment |