Example sentences of "[pron] would be [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But there is no way I would be a professional model , its too exhausting . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would be a rich man if I could . |
| 3 | ‘ If I was Empress I would be a constitutional Empress only , ’ said Pakeezah , drawing herself up . |
| 4 | From the viewpoint of this being and objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind , because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well-known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorn effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output , simply because they know that you 're taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 5 | From the viewpoint of this being an objective experiment , I would be a little bit worried about everyone knowing the nature of the experiment you had in mind because , as you probably know , in industrial studies there 's a well known effect , I think it 's called the Hawthorne effect , which merely by studying a group of people you change their behaviour and their output simply because they know that you are taking an interest in them and they 've got some idea of your expectations . |
| 6 | Your Royal Highness , Mr Chairman , Commodores , Ladies and Gentlemen , I am not absolutely sure whether this microphone system will work if I stand what I do know is , however , that I would be a larger target for you and under the circumstance I will , if I may remain seated . |
| 7 | Well , that 's true , of course , but after all , I would be a different person if I had n't had that sort of childhood . |
| 8 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 9 | I would be an 18 stone , alcoholic bricklayer playing for Penicuik Athletic , ’ says Goram with the mixture of candour and humour that characterises his conversation . |
| 10 | I would be an 18 stone , alcoholic bricklayer playing for Penicuik Athletic ’ |
| 11 | Consequently , I decided I would be an androgynous sort of person and I found old esoteric idea about being a whole person in the alchemical or shamanic sense , a female-male composite , increasingly attractive . |
| 12 | I never intended to imply that I would be the first artist to employ hanging cloth ( my use of Walter Benjamin necessitated for this kind of work that I block the aura of the collection and re-route it toward another kind of signification , as well as reference a museum 's depot ) but I am confident that anyone who has visited my installation comes away knowing what my contribution is . |
| 13 | My particular role erm in the operation was to carry one of the ballistic shields erm and I also erm during the briefing was informed that I would be the first person through the front door and consequent consequently to the door of the master bedroom . |
| 14 | ‘ I would be the first person to tell my players to get on with the game because when you do n't do that , you are only upsetting your rhythm . |
| 15 | I would be the last person to say that it was all your fault . |
| 16 | Lord Mayor , I would be the last person to criticise either Councillors or offices who attempt to represent this district on foreign shores , whenever and wherever such trips are perfectly legitimate . |
| 17 | I would be the last person to begrudge Pears his chance . |
| 18 | And I would be the last person to advocate that we follow the American practice of litigation er to the extremes that they pursue it in the States . |
| 19 | ‘ If I believed you , ’ said Ludovico da Bologna , ‘ I would be the happiest man in Nicosia . |
| 20 | He received one notable fillip when , at the 10th , an elderly couple exhorted him with the idea that his would be a fine win to set alongside Antonio Pinto 's success in the London Marathon . |
| 21 | ‘ The opposition was divided and he thought his would be the strongest party . |
| 22 | The implication is some form of written constitution , which would be a major step for the system , though one which has growing support in the form of Charter 88 for example . |
| 23 | Underneath he added ‘ which would be a good title for my next book or for all my work ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Which would be a good thing in some ways . ’ |
| 25 | He says all the signs are it could soon be as bad as last year , which would be a great pity . |
| 26 | This puts me in the position of having to either cancel the project — which would be a great discouragment to the volunteers , who might be reluctant to come forward again having been let down over this one — or risk going on without funding ( and then perhaps being told that funding can not be granted retrospectively ? ) . |
| 27 | That ‘ strange ’ which would be a lazy gesture in another novelist is indeed strange to the reader , strange as the feline , supremely observed young man himself ; and yet he feels the very muscles and skin-surface of Raskolnikov 's smile — a prelude to the way in which the book 's entire action is simultaneously read about and lived through . |
| 28 | I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on . |
| 29 | It seems to me that what we 're talking about here is Harrogate 's land allocation being , not necessarily an I five , but sixty hectares which he agreed was adequate for I five yesterday , plus I suspect another fifty which would be a strategic site . |
| 30 | They were also hoping by these means to avoid causing resentment at infringement of separate national sovereignties which would be a possible result if they enlisted the aid of the British government . |