Example sentences of "[pron] would be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be speaking with her . ’ |
| 2 | Adam continued , ‘ But I would be empowered to draw only on Elinor 's housekeeping account in Nice . |
| 3 | I was told by the FO in London that I would be met at Johannesburg airport — since British aircraft could not land in Rhodesia while UDI existed — and would be conveyed to the British Consulate there where I could have a rest . |
| 4 | As the Foreign Office was still trying to maintain the secrecy of my visits , it was determined that on this occasion I would be met at Johannesburg airport and driven by road to the Rhodesian border where I would be picked up and conveyed by the Rhodesian authorities . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If I , the child groupie , was noticed — and I tried to make myself invisible — I would be treated in kindly enough fashion , but as something of a curiosity . |
| 8 | ‘ If that delegation had got inside here the other day , you and I would be locked up in here , ’ said Nicholson . |
| 9 | If I were acting I would be trying to make people see him . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 11 | I was looking forward to my day because I would be getting my monthly allowance of thirty pounds from my mum . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | " But even if I did it , " said Clara , " I would be stealing the state 's money , would n't I ? |
| 14 | Unfortunately there was to be no 200 metres event , but there were some invitation events scheduled including a 60 metres , and having won that event at the Cosford Games I thought that I would be selected . |
| 15 | I resolved to assert my authority from the beginning , or I would be trampled underfoot by even this most junior member of the Goreng clan . |
| 16 | It was no place to row ashore , or I would be killed on the rocks . |
| 17 | They called me , and they said again , if I read the book I would be killed . |
| 18 | The man with a gun could wait for ever , but I would be gone . |
| 19 | If I took her out of school I would be prosecuted , I 'm sure . |
| 20 | Tomorrow I would be consumed with guilt . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Friends who were not knitters had been amazed that I had never met any of the people that I would be staying with . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not even going to ask how many phone calls you made to find where I would be staying — ’ |
| 27 | Now I 've had two of those rest days prior to all this so I would be owed a fortnight 's holiday pay plus three rest days . |
| 28 | Only , to say that I I I would be opposed because I believe you should delegate to committees to run their affairs and their resources in the way they want to . |
| 29 | It was not long before Mrs. Farr used to look out for me , I would be invited in , a slice of cake was waiting and Bess , the black spaniel , would be fussing around , licking my knees . |
| 30 | If I could do that sort of thing I would be writing books and making a fortune from them . |