Example sentences of "[pron] would be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be speaking with her . ’ |
| 2 | It was during the Easter holidays and the streets were full of holiday-makers — I would be seeing a lot of them in the future . |
| 3 | I admit I should have left a message , but I assumed I would be seeing you shortly , and — hell , I never expected you to mind . |
| 4 | If I were acting I would be trying to make people see him . |
| 5 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 6 | I was looking forward to my day because I would be getting my monthly allowance of thirty pounds from my mum . |
| 7 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 8 | " But even if I did it , " said Clara , " I would be stealing the state 's money , would n't I ? |
| 9 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 10 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 11 | Friends who were not knitters had been amazed that I had never met any of the people that I would be staying with . |
| 12 | But knowing , as I did , that there was little to return to in England , and buoyed up by the sense of adventure and risk brought on by the thought of joining the Legion , I knew I would be staying . |
| 13 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not even going to ask how many phone calls you made to find where I would be staying — ’ |
| 15 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |
| 16 | If we were still in the veiled forests then I would be remembering more , but we drove hard to get into the open , and banish the memory . |
| 17 | I would be flying over and staying with Angie for a couple of weeks at The Sherry Netherland , and Angie and I would go with Zowie in the daytime and then we 'd stay up all night with David because he functioned at night . |
| 18 | The instruments those guys use are completely different from guitar and I knew that if I could emulate the phrasing of those instruments then I would be breaking new ground instead of just playing the rock phrases that everybody knows . |
| 19 | But I can not take it out of store because I would be breaking the law effectively if I did . |
| 20 | ‘ Dad , ’ she accused , ‘ you never told me that I would be sharing the house with some carpenter . ’ |
| 21 | I think to sum up , I would be wanting to say , that this County Council takes a view that it is about the provision of services . |
| 22 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 23 | ‘ Now why should you think I would be harbouring thoughts of revenge , unless … ’ she let a silence grow ‘ … you know a very good reason why I should feel that way ? ’ |
| 24 | I waved Maureen off the next day , telling her I could n't wait to see her again , that I would be counting the days till her return . |
| 25 | All I have to do is tell her that our cold stores are full of life-saving health foods , without which I would be keeling over and clutching my left ventricle . |
| 26 | I would be addressing a putt and instead of thinking about it some political problem would come to mind . |
| 27 | And anyway , if I monitored two babies , I would be creating the same environment for both of them , would n't I ? |
| 28 | ‘ I realise that if I was to move to South Africa I would be living a completely different existence . |
| 29 | ‘ If someone had told me five years ago that I would be living amongst murderers , I would not have believed it . |
| 30 | ‘ He may not be your favourite person at the moment , but Adam did invite me and it is his home that I would be wandering about in . ’ |