Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [be] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the president of my company calls from Allentown and says Ricky I 'd like to see you in my office on the thirtieth , I do n't say I 'm sorry Steve , it 's catch up day , I say what time would be convenient for you Sir , because you know , otherwise I , I 'd be looking for a job . |
| 2 | If I stood on a street corner somewhere , someone could slip me a small packet in exchange for a fiver and in a few hours I 'd be slumped on the floor of a public toilet : a Drug Statistic . |
| 3 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 4 | I 'd be sending for the police . |
| 5 | I mean , personally I do n't think Terry 's very good at interviews , I think I 'd be flying in the face of public opinion if I said he was . |
| 6 | On the other hand , I 'd be vibrated off the couch and all over the cabin . |
| 7 | And then after that I 'd be drinking like a pint every twenty minutes or so . |
| 8 | I 'd be gone in a flash , would n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | If I was 12 years old I 'd be squealing in the stalls as well . |
| 10 | ‘ I never thought I 'd be seeing in the New Year with Will Carling and company in Lanzarote . |
| 11 | ‘ When I told Blixa I 'd be playing on the LP , his response was , ‘ Oh good — less work for me to do ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You must n't let on , because I 'd be banned from every club and pub in the county , but I really do dislike cricket . |
| 13 | Oh I know but , if I was getting studio time there 's no way I 'd be going through the |
| 14 | She was smiling a pleased smile , and working things out ; I think it must have been the afternoon ( the only time she visited my primary school ) she was told that I 'd be going into the eleven-plus class and so ( because everyone in the class passed the exam ) would be going to grammar school . |
| 15 | Pretty soon I 'd be putting in a claim for ten per cent of his salary . |
| 16 | And it seemed that I 'd be standing in the way of your freedom and your opportunities . |
| 17 | I 'd be owing to the stage Mike ! |
| 18 | It was no place to row ashore , or I would be killed on the rocks . |
| 19 | I would be fed into the police computer , where it would join the details already stored by the hundreds of other crossings we had made . |
| 20 | I felt relieved that I had my scar from the fight at the summer party and so looked the same as everybody else — I was afraid of appearing different or clever which meant that I would be noticed by the Corporals and picked on by all the others . |
| 21 | ‘ Incidentally , if I deliberately breached a power of attorney and exploited it for my own benefit — although I ca n't think how that would be possible — I would be struck off the Roll of Solicitors by the Law Society . ’ |
| 22 | Then I learned that if I did not make these payments I would be registered as a debtor for a period of six years . |
| 23 | In a few hours I would be flown into a different culture , a different climate , with different people . |
| 24 | ( In later years , adult years , while sitting in London stuffed with wholemeal digestives soaked in tea , I would be filled with the wheat and candour of this smell , and I would hold the digestive as long as I could in my mouth , as if aiming to grasp its exact ingredient and texture , to become its body and its recipe ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
| 26 | And we know there are various er responses to that question , and I would be looking to the districts to say whether or not they could cope with the various levels of provision that have been identified for Greater York , and it 's the view of whether they can cope within their own districts , I have n't said how you can cope , I said whether you can cope , you might I will I will leave you free to make the odd comment , but I want to focus on that part of the issue , and then the natural corollary to that is , will it be necessary , or is it considered necessary in the context of this alteration to provide specific guidance within H One policy for the distribution of that er development to er at sub , what I would call sub-district level , in other words do you want a specific entry for say Ryedale or Hambledon ? |
| 27 | I was interviewed by the Sudan Agent in London who gave me lunch at his club , and told me I would be called before a selection board when I came down from Oxford . |
| 28 | Her emotional journey is that of many women artists : ‘ I would be faced with the enormous problem of re-inventing myself ! ’ |
| 29 | I had set my sights on getting a good position in training so that I would be sent to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . |
| 30 | I thought if I wrapped myself up in chickenwire and cut myself out again I would be left with a realistic shape . |