Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I wanted to make it rich I 'd be Private Eye 's libel lawyer . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd be employing women for sewing . |
| 3 | We did n't live together because I felt it would be years before I 'd be reasonable company for another human being . |
| 4 | I 'd be able vote there would I ? |
| 5 | I , I mean I , I , I w I could n't say that I would be happy being in the house all the time . |
| 6 | Can I just reassure Mr that if actually we were not , er , if we were discussing an increase in members allowances then I would be fair square with him . |
| 7 | Someone would be sweating steam in their sleep , someone 's baby would be face down on her pillow ; Belle 's grandmother knew what was wrong without being told and always righted it if it could be done . |
| 8 | I knew Flora cared no more about my opinions than about the opinions of the rather derelict Arabs , drinking Coca-Cola at the bar — probably a good deal less , in fact , since theirs would be useful copy for her — but she was kind enough to pretend that she did , drew me out and flattered me until I felt witty and successful and told outrageous stories about people we knew . |
| 9 | If we win against both Spain and Japan that could give us a shot against South Africa in the quarter-finals , which would be tremendous news for Scottish rugby back home ’ , said Rutherford . |
| 10 | Optimistic investors hope that America 's economic growth is picking up , which would be good news for company profits . |
| 11 | ‘ With equipment like this , the legal limit of exhaust emissions could be further reduced which would be good news for the environment , ’ said Dr Coles , of Swansea University . |
| 12 | Local consultation on the road which would be dual carriageway , with a possible extension is due to end next week . |
| 13 | It 's it 's also the main area of housing demand , it 's also the main area where employers want to locate around around North Yorkshire , and I think most importantly , if its development needs are not met , these can wo n't be satisfactorily diverted elsewhere , they will continue unresolved which would be continual pressure on the edge of the urban area , and on on the greenbelt , and if that holds the effect would of course be that the tight greenbelt would mean that economic growth in the county would be frustrated , because York is the main centre where employment growth is concentrated , and I would think , I would consider that that solution of a tight greenbelt plus not making sufficient provision for development needs elsewhere in York would be contrary to P P G three paragraph three , which I 'm sure you 're aware of . |
| 14 | and she 'd be wanting uniform ones |
| 15 | If her own mind could play tricks like that , she 'd be easy meat for any of those giant prawns . |
| 16 | All she needed was a pair of shooters slung from her hip and she 'd be little Annie Oakley , she thought derisively , reaching instead for her favourite Navajo belt . |
| 17 | You 'd be nervous living next to a bear |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd be great company for me , and you 'd just love it , I know you would . ’ |
| 19 | You 'd be great entertainment ! ’ |
| 20 | You 'd be employing , you 'd be employing builders to come in and do it for you . |
| 21 | " What an asset you 'd be entertaining Amsterdam 's guests . |
| 22 | After an interlude , the man who would be sage returns with an acoustic guitar and offers chestnuts like ‘ Passionate Friends ’ for perusal . |
| 23 | Would the Princess like to recommend two single girls of good breeding who would be acceptable guests ? |
| 24 | Anglo-Saxon law recognized that a peasant who prospered became a thegn and the thegns were a wide class including folk who would be called knights and folk who would be leading barons after the Conquest . |
| 25 | An " heir " indeed , Miss Gristy , yes , an heir to base lies and fornication , and if I had my way you would be joint heirs to a pile of dry wood too , together with flint , steel and a box of tinder ! " |
| 26 | Mr Richard Warburton , director general of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents , said : ‘ If you were looking for the highest standards of safety , then you would be separating people from their vehicles in the tunnel . ’ |
| 27 | We 'd be equal partners . ’ |
| 28 | He knew that after shooting the second eight foot fall we would be free-falling thirty-feet onto a sloping rock shelf covered with a six inch sheet of tonnes and tonnes of the River Tees rushing over it every second ; hopefully ( if we hit it at the correct angle ) we would follow this shoot a further twenty five feet into the plunge pool at the bottom of the fall . |
| 29 | Cainer , based near York , also claimed that Paddy Ashdown would be Foreign Secretary in a hung Parliament , there 'd be proportional representation by mid-1993 , Kinnock would quit within a year and wait for it there 'll be another election . |
| 30 | And if he caught him , Philip , and Lee in the wood there 'd be real trouble . |