Example sentences of "would be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday . |
| 2 | You 'd be down the pub would n't you ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 've promised I 'd be at the Queen 's Hall by eight o'clock . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you 'd be at the flat in London . |
| 5 | He 'd be at the gatehouse within two minutes . |
| 6 | I mean I know that now because I never thought I 'd be on the scrap heap , but sometimes I really do feel as if I am |
| 7 | We worked a wee half a week and were on the dole , Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we 'd be on the dole , then work Thursday , Friday and Saturday morning . |
| 8 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 9 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes . |
| 11 | He 'd be on the record . |
| 12 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 13 | ‘ I liked the way that , we 'd be on the bandstand playing and he 'd just be walking around and playing and just look at you and kind of tip his head , you 'd play and then he 'd start playing when he wanted you to stop ! |
| 14 | They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan . |
| 15 | You 'd be on the line for a certain amount of publicity , but I 've been looking at today 's papers and it seems you 've already had a taste of what the Press can be like … ’ |
| 16 | It was like Fawlty Towers , I 'd be to the bar |
| 17 | If I found it — well , I 'd be over the moon . |
| 18 | I agree , its , its like those their lovely little things , do n't think of buying , it 's not very fair cos I mean , Mar , I mean I 'd be over the moon if someone bought me one of those bags . |
| 19 | she said that and she said she do n't mind us swearing she said I 'll leave you fourteen , it actually says twenty tapes in the , bits of paper but she said if you could fill twenty I 'd be over the moon did she say ? |
| 20 | Every attack was accompanied by the certain knowledge that within a couple of hours I 'd be under the knife . |
| 21 | ‘ If Leeds played like that more often they 'd be near the top , ’ he said . |
| 22 | they 'd be out the way |
| 23 | In Walsall Wood erm as I say , we used to have er two big bags full on a Fri Friday and then in the week we could go up but you 've got your bread but , you know , yo the men would be , I can just picture them with their little , all this pretty coloured paper would all be in little piles and when there were no customers , they would be wrapping the rice , the raisins , the currants , all in these pretty papers you see and they knew , I mean you 'd ask them for currants and they never sort of knew , I did n't quite understand how they could pick by , it 'd be by the paper you see . |
| 24 | If only I had wings , Oh what a difference it would make to things , All day long I 'd be in the sky , up on high , Talking to the birdies that pass me by |
| 25 | If I had n't brought you up , you 'd be in the churchyard with our parents . |
| 26 | We 'd be in the pub planning to have a couple more pints and he 'd always want to go back and rehearse again , ’ says Rigby . |
| 27 | Occasionally I 'd get up in the morning and there he 'd be in the kitchen , eating furiously , as if he did n't know where his next grub was coming from , as if each day was an adventure that could end anywhere . |
| 28 | ‘ One kick of them hooves and you 'd be in the middle of next week . ’ |
| 29 | I tell you I 'd be in the bed all day . |
| 30 | I 'd be in the shower and they 'd push me out , actually push me out saying , ‘ you black so-and-so ’ . |