Example sentences of "would be [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then after that I 'd be drinking like a pint every twenty minutes or so . |
| 2 | You know , if we were in Malaysia , we 'd be hanging from the light fittings for this . ’ |
| 3 | Even if a human pilot could get those birds up there , he 'd be flying on a kiss and a promise . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd be living in a fantasy world ! |
| 6 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 7 | ‘ Called hup this morning , ’ Willie heard him say , ‘ so if you know anyone who 'd be looking for a job let me know . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | you would , huh , you 'd be looking at the clock , I know you well enough for that now dear |
| 10 | ‘ I think if you asked most players in England if they 'd like to swap places with me they 'd be jumping over the top of each other to do it . |
| 11 | So I knew this would come up but I did n't realize he 'd be jumping onto the bandwagon that quick . |
| 12 | But she must ask ; beg even , or he 'd be knocking on the kitchen door at Jarman House , asking the Lord knew what favours . |
| 13 | she 'd be climbing in the inside of it and ripping it |
| 14 | When he woke up , he 'd be lying on the floor of the boozer , and Sergeant Lawrence would be lifting him to his feet , dragging him outside to the panda car . |
| 15 | ‘ When I told Blixa I 'd be playing on the LP , his response was , ‘ Oh good — less work for me to do ! ’ |
| 16 | Perdita , covering the bottom of the lorries with straw to protect the ponies ' feet , suddenly heard Alejandro shouting that she better dig out a pair of clean breeches and polish her boots , as she 'd be playing in the match that afternoon . |
| 17 | He said after Silverstone he 'd be retiring at the end of the season . |
| 18 | And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe . |
| 19 | you said that you 'd be sitting round the fire , but wh when you were when you were in your own house |
| 20 | Though second at the first GP , his subsequent results did n't seem to suggest he 'd be fighting for the title . |
| 21 | Pretty soon I 'd be putting in a claim for ten per cent of his salary . |
| 22 | For instance , we 'd be working on a style of music , like maybe rockabilly , and he 'd say , ‘ Have you ever done any psychedelic drugs ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was afraid you 'd be waiting on the doorstep . |
| 24 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
| 25 | I 'd be owing to the stage Mike ! |
| 26 | ‘ You said that we 'd be going to a restaurant ! ’ |
| 27 | She still had n't admitted to the other woman that she was n't at all sure she 'd be returning to the music business . |
| 28 | She 'd be checking under the bed next ! |
| 29 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
| 30 | Mother would n't have anything to do with it whatsoever , do n't you bring anything , any of that stuff into our house , I mean of course it be this New Zealand lamb had just arrived on the scene before the First Word War , I mean nobody was , anybody dare have it I mean they 'd be standing on the pavement at eleven o'clock at night almost giving it away on Saturday night , but anyway that 's all changed now , we all eat it . |