Example sentences of "would [adv] [be] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we 'd rather be talking to the West Midlands , Chair rather than fighting about where it 's going throughout the whole of England , which is a slight difference , in geographical terms . |
| 2 | If he did n't get away now , he 'd only be waylaid by the others , there 'd be more whiskies , and it would be all hours before he 'd get to his lodgings and the letter from Elizabeth . |
| 3 | They 'd just be living off the land . |
| 4 | He 'd soon be shouting at the window to call the boss up to go and get him some drink — usually home-brewed beer . |
| 5 | That 's when I decided to gamble on the chance that you 'd soon be returning to the hotel to freshen up before the start of the evening . |
| 6 | People came in the summer to walk and to sail and , if development plans succeeded and the roads could be kept clear , they 'd soon be coming in the winter to ski . |
| 7 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 8 | The agreement contained a provision that currency values would eventually be dictated by the strength of the respective economies . |
| 9 | The commitment of Paisley and his supporters to protesting against both religious apostasy and political compromise ensured that the movement would eventually be confronted by the legal powers of the state . |
| 10 | Ken hoped that the schism in the Church between those who had taken the oath of allegiance and those who had refused would eventually be settled by the deaths of the latter . |
| 11 | The trading employees in India were not paid salaries in the modern sense of income they could live on ; they got small retainers , starting at perhaps £5 a year , and it was taken for granted that they would supplement their retainers by trading , sometimes acting as agents buying the goods that would eventually be exported by the Company ( though this could easily lead to fraud ) , but more often dealing for their own account . |
| 12 | To friends , he was a quiet genius ; unbeknown to them , his personality would eventually be siezed in the grip of mental illness — with devastating effects . |
| 13 | This set would be just a taste of what was to come in the wedding dower , a tantalising taste of the jewels that would eventually be showered on the bride . |
| 14 | For Roy , being born in St Andrews and having a keen golfer for a dad , it was inevitable that he would eventually be bitten by the bug . |
| 15 | On the other hand , when quantum effects were taken into account , it seemed that the mass or energy of the matter would eventually be returned to the rest of the universe , and that the black hole , along with any singularity inside it , would evaporate away and finally disappear . |
| 16 | Such a move , however , would rarely be made during the course of a particular season . |
| 17 | ( Is there anything else you would rather be doing at the moment , apart from being a housewife and a mother ? ) |
| 18 | ‘ They knew that I liked girls and if I had a choice , I would rather be talking to the girls than doing my homework . ’ |
| 19 | This court had to decide in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 whether to withhold consent to abstain from giving mechanical ventilation in the interests of artificially prolonging life , whatever pain and suffering would thereby be caused to the child . |
| 20 | Although the UK government had insisted that full diplomatic relations would only be resumed after the withdrawal of the death sentence on Rushdie and the release of the British businessman Roger Cooper , imprisoned in Iran without trial since December 1985 [ see p. 35544 ] , the latest move was not believed to have involved any formal undertaking on either of these issues by the Iranian government . |
| 21 | There would also be limits on coverage of uninsured deposits of more than $100,000 , as a means of reducing taxpayer exposure to losses from wealthy individuals holding multiple accounts and to deter risk taking ; in future uninsured deposits would only be covered by the FDIC if this was the least costly measure , and in rare cases of high risk by the Treasury and Federal Reserve . |
| 22 | It 's a privilege ; I 'd say more , but I would only be cut for the usual reason , lack of |
| 23 | And they said that the loyalist killers would only be called off the streets after the IRA expressed a willingness for a ceasefire . |
| 24 | However , at this time of night most people would be asleep , and a response would only be felt in the cold light of day . |
| 25 | Her rage would only be turned against the detractor . |
| 26 | Despite requests by the PNG government for further military assistance from Australia , which had already loaned the security forces several attack helicopters for use against the rebels , the Australian government stated on Jan. 20 that troops would only be sent to the island to protect Australian nationals . |
| 27 | The price would only be fixed at the end of the selling period , generating some uncertainty for the issuer . |
| 28 | In the celebrated case of ( Re : M ) quoted in The Times , 9 May 1985 , the Court of Appeal ruled that an adoption order with a condition giving rights of access to the natural mother would only be made in the most unusual and exceptional circumstances . |
| 29 | The Midland could often owe Barclays and National Westminster up to £10bn in the normal course of business , balances that would only be settled at the end of each day . |
| 30 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |