Example sentences of "would [adv] [be] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd rather be here than be at school . |
| 2 | Well I 'd hardly be out if the door was n't locked when it 's dark . |
| 3 | ‘ I would rather be here than in Portugal . ’ |
| 4 | On McDowell 's account , it would presumably be either as the language acquired such new structure , developing something like a pronoun system and ( iterated ) belief attributions or as , quite independently , behaviour became more complex , calling for higher-order indexical belief states for its explanation ( cf. |
| 5 | ‘ Then it would obviously be best if I leave you on your own until you 're in a more reasonable mood , ’ he said , walking towards the door . |
| 6 | This amount would just be more than one year group at St Aidans . |
| 7 | Of course Marguerite would not be here unless she had already found a companion ; Alain would not have allowed it . |
| 8 | My daughter would not be here if it was not for orthodox medicine but I do believe her condition has been improved by homeopathy . ’ |
| 9 | The cash call was accompanied by a statement that taxable profits for last year would not be less than £200,000 . |
| 10 | They would not be there unless they shared the European ideal and believed themselves to be an integral part of the process of European unity . |
| 11 | I could see , moreover , that if I were quickly to go outside and conceal my person behind the large rhododendron bush beside the path , it would not be long before Mr Cardinal came by . |
| 12 | His twin devotions to Quantock solitude and the company of Tom Poole brought not only physical separation from the Lime Street cottage , but a widening emotional distance from his forthright , practical , and hard-pressed wife : it would not be long before the autumn happiness of their Clevedon days was a distant memory . |
| 13 | We played badminton and sang folk songs , but we knew as we wept and prayed with refugees from Czechoslovakia that it would not be long before we were asked to make even the supreme sacrifice to stop , if we could , the Nazi menace . |
| 14 | Yet the first indications that London was soon to show explosive growth were already present , and it did not need much foresight to see that it would not be long before any green-field site chosen near London for the location of the College would soon be engulfed in bricks and mortar , which would sweep away hay- and grazing-fields , market gardens and brickfields alike . |
| 15 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 16 | It seemed as if it would not be long before a treatment was found for every disease . |
| 17 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 18 | He had grown quite a bit , both upwards and outwards and , as I shook hands with him , I reflected that it would not be long before he won a professional tournament . |
| 19 | It would not be long before de Lattre faced the divisions of Giap 's new model army in the set-piece battles which the Vietminh were prepared to risk in a premature general offensive ; and it was in more conventional war of this kind where US assistance and particularly US munitions would apparently tip the scale . |
| 20 | I fancy it would not be long before the dole was docked correspondingly . |
| 21 | There was no real evidence before the Standing Committee that such material was currently being produced or in circulation , but the fear was expressed that , if the ‘ private member 's club ’ defence were to be removed from the most common form in which such material was currently produced , namely books , magazines and pamphlets , it would not be long before such clubs began to produce their propaganda in new media . |
| 22 | Well , it would not be long before things became clear . |
| 23 | It would not be long before some driver would chance on the scene and phone the local police . |
| 24 | With a man of Quigley 's energy and commitment behind him , I decided , it would not be long before Norman had a cult all of his own in south-west London . |
| 25 | She had n't seen Jenny since she had moved to Moorlake that first week-end but she had known that it would not be long before Jenny returned . |
| 26 | In a free market , all schools would be able to operate quality control on their raw material in this way , and it would not be long before some children were not wanted by any school because they were ‘ poor examination material ’ . |
| 27 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 28 | Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time . |
| 29 | I was telling myself that it would soon be over when I heard a sharp crack . |
| 30 | A policeman assured her that she had no need to worry as her husband would soon be home as would the others . |