Example sentences of "[pers pn] would be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If I wanted to make it rich I 'd be Private Eye 's libel lawyer . |
2 | Perhaps I 'd be better buying mail order , I thought ! |
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 'd be happier making up my own mind about this — thanks for your interest . ’ |
6 | Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act . |
7 | I , I mean I , I , I w I could n't say that I would be happy being in the house all the time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | and she 'd be wanting uniform ones |
11 | If her own mind could play tricks like that , she 'd be easy meat for any of those giant prawns . |
12 | But if you went in the horse box on your single you 'd be all day getting there . |
13 | you 'd be all pooey ! |
14 | You 'd be nervous living next to a bear |
15 | ‘ You 'd be great company for me , and you 'd just love it , I know you would . ’ |
16 | You 'd be great entertainment ! ’ |
17 | She would be all silver , he gold , and — |
18 | She was deceitful , was Shirley : downstairs , with Mr and Mrs Harper , she would be another girl , helpful , quiet , obsequious , prim , in her neat , absurdly old-fashioned blouses and skirts , her hair tied neatly back in bunches . |
19 | I sometimes think that you would be happier working somewhere else ! ’ |
20 | If the wind had been stronger or the tide just a touch faster it 's broken on it we 'd be this minute ! |
21 | I thought we would be lower mid-table in a comparatively comfortable position , but when you get 15 little things and you lump them together you get a better idea why we have n't done so well . |
22 | The remaining turnover from them would be pure profit . |
23 | To leave them would be another kind of running away . " |
24 | I 've not seen a double yoke egg for a long , long time , I do n't know why , but sometimes you used to get a box of six and nearly all of them would be double yoke for some reason , do n't ask me why , I do n't know , where 's your cup ? , did you bring it in ? |
25 | With sons they 'd be powerful voice in village politics . |
26 | and to each set they 'd be any thing up to ten sub set questions , so er he says do what you can in er the hour , well it 's not an hour , but it 's fifty minutes |
27 | ‘ They just decided they 'd be happier living apart . ’ |
28 | If , for example , the retailer required a supply of cards for Mother 's Day , they would be little use to him if they arrived afterwards . |
29 | These , not merely the hopelessly wounded , but those whose wounds were just too complicated for the frantic surgeons to waste time probing , or who looked as if they would be little use to the army again , were laid outside in the bitter cold . |
30 | In your report the council leader states that they would be increasing parking for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard . |