Example sentences of "would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you 'd are saying how many fives in ten , the answer is two . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd be delighted if governments could prove all our reports wrong , if that means that human rights are n't being violated , ’ Smart said . |
| 3 | He recalls , ‘ When I was sentenced I thought I 'd be killed straight away . |
| 4 | If I went to night school I 'd be a student . |
| 5 | ‘ Saving your presence sir , ’ said Sergeant Bramble , ‘ I tried to explain that there was nothing amiss and that you 'd be back in time for supper with Miss Nicole . |
| 6 | ‘ Pity we had to leave Bonzo behind , but we knew he 'd be good at raising the alarm . ’ |
| 7 | We — we knew Ronny 'd be back soon , it was near the half-hour , so we tidied up and I kissed her and — gave her a hug … |
| 8 | All she had to do was look at the champagne the way she looked at me and you 'd be able to skate on it . |
| 9 | I could give them the key to Father 's safe and they 'd be so grateful they 'd have a pair of boots made specially for me . |
| 10 | And I thought there 'd be less fuss if I — ’ |
| 11 | Well , with prices the way they are I 'd be crazy not to … |
| 12 | ‘ We 'd be happy with just a council flat but there are n't any going these days . |
| 13 | If you did get one , you 'd be permanently broke , which is n't quite what I had in mind . |
| 14 | I imagine you 'd be rather good at that . ’ |
| 15 | One of my colleagues , no doubt swayed by the heat of the discussion , turned on me sitting in my short-sleeved uniform shirt , and rebuked me with the warning that ‘ in my force , you 'd be disciplined for mutilating police property … |
| 16 | You 'd be so nice to wake up with … |
| 17 | She put on the other record , save Pergolesi for later when surely they 'd be alone . |
| 18 | ‘ If I was a man , I believe you 'd be having an affair with me . |
| 19 | ‘ I still think you 'd be having an affair with me if I was a man , ’ she said . |
| 20 | If he lived in squalor , I 'd be round there with chicken soup and clean shirts ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd be a cat , ’ she said , ‘ a platinum-blonde pedigree cat with all the refined desires of Mehitabel . |
| 22 | I 'd be a flea . |
| 23 | If she crooked her precious little finger you 'd be running . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd be employing women for sewing . |
| 25 | I told you what I 'd be wearing . ’ |
| 26 | Think where you 'd be if you 'd chosen him . ’ |
| 27 | This was a foreign land , peopled not only by my superiors , for that applied to everyone I 'd ever known , from the hole in Mother woman through which I was expelled to the hole in the Mother earth by which I 'd be swallowed ; but by those who were superior to my early superiors ; probably the most superior peoples in the entire world . |
| 28 | The silver cylinder and cone worked wonders , and I 'd be interested to try some of the other shapes . |
| 29 | Without a pinstripe , you 'd be underdressed . |
| 30 | He claims : ‘ If we charged less , we 'd be unable to maintain the same standards . |