Example sentences of "would be [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When we 'd be overtopped with mud and water in the trench there 'd allus be someone say something to make you laugh . |
2 | They 'd be seen as grasses or informers . |
3 | If it was n't for Captain Eric here , I 'd be getting into trouble . ’ |
4 | Money was the issue , because he used to spend his money on hobbies and I 'd never know what I 'd be getting from week to week and some weeks I 'd not get anything . |
5 | If I was n't an actor I 'd be covered in tattoos and pierced up the fucking ying-yang . |
6 | She was just thinking how easy he 'd be to fall in love with , and that she really must n't start cradle-snatching when he said , ‘ Perdita 's seriously good . |
7 | It meant I 'd be connected to Charlie for years and years , long after we left school . |
8 | She 'd be scarred for life . |
9 | I 'd be breaking into houses , doing robberies . |
10 | GUIL : You 'd be lost for words . |
11 | The book department , looked after by Mrs Lynn Bolland , is in a capacious basement where you are greeted by a sign above the Glasgow books and maps proclaiming , ‘ YOU 'D BE LOST WITHOUT SMITHS ’ . |
12 | Marilyn said she 'd be writing to Lilian . ’ |
13 | It read that she was to go to Port Said where she 'd be met outside Simon Artz . |
14 | If I fainted I 'd be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they 'd summon Mum and Dad and as soon as I 'd got better they 'd start about Exams and Re-sits and Careers . |
15 | Each show would be themed , but initially at least they 'd be dressed as runner beans , large pumpkins , that sort of thing . |
16 | Too late for any more useful sleep , I 'd be leaving for London at six to avoid the rush . |
17 | ‘ You said you 'd be leaving for Newcastle ? ’ |
18 | Otherwise we 'd be crashing into stars by now , ’ he added gloomily . |
19 | and Jehovah proceeded to go down to see what they see , to see the city and they tell that the sons of man have gods , after that Jehovah said look there are one people and there is one language for the north and this is they start to do , why now there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unobtainable for them , come now let us go down and their confuse their language , he 'd be speaking to angels now would n't he |
20 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
21 | But then we 'd be looking for francs . |
22 | But if I was studying the daisy family here , I 'd be looking at plants from the size of daisies as we know them , to plants the size of trees . |
23 | I 'd walk down town with Vanessa , and she 'd be looking at baby clothes , and I 'd think , Oh God . |
24 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
25 | The Judge said they 'd made a strong case about how they 'd be affected by noise from the road . |
26 | He was being offered a job , being offered good money , and he 'd be based in London . |
27 | When Margaret Hughes arrived at court in Leominster she knew there was a chance she 'd be sent to prison . |
28 | ‘ He 'd likely walk free and she 'd be sent to gaol for being a whore . |
29 | She went to the edge of the roof and shouted across the village at the unnamed thief that for this he 'd be struck with paralysis ; that he 'd be smitten with cholera and die : that unless he owned up and returned the cockerel , the gods would punish his family with poverty and starvation for ever . |
30 | ‘ If you 'd stood next to him much longer you 'd be scratching by teatime . ’ |