Example sentences of "would be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told most of the young women on the telephone that I 'd be wearing a battered black hat , so that they could find me easily . |
| 2 | She 'd be expecting a full report on Pierremont House and the dear little village , so quiet , so tasteful . |
| 3 | We 'd be fightin' a never-ending rearguard battle with those guys . |
| 4 | ‘ If you were going to use this , ’ Court observed , ‘ we 'd be having a different sort of conversation . ’ |
| 5 | If Vadinamia had the Fraxillian cylinder , it looked like I 'd be making a safe and secure pick-up . |
| 6 | He also declared he would be taking a two- month break from the game , as has Ian Woosnam . |
| 7 | Getting their hands on their own trains might seem attractive , but any manager tempted would be taking a big risk . |
| 8 | The Zimbabwean Defence Minister , Moven Mahachi , reportedly announced in Harare on Sept. 7 that Zimbabwe would be sending a small number of military officers to Rwanda to join peace monitors invited by the UN and the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) . |
| 9 | In November 1989 it was announced that the Falkland Islands Company ( now owned by Anglo United , a UK-based mining and fuel distribution group which had taken over Coalite , the Falkland Islands Company 's existing owner , in August 1989 ) would be appointing a chief executive who would be based for the first time on the islands themselves . |
| 10 | On the other hand , even if the politician demonstrated his ability to provide a great deal of patronage , if he did not follow it up with effective social contact , he would be laying a poor foundation for a political interest , and the gratitude of the freeholders under those circumstances could be short-lived . |
| 11 | He would be sacrificing a rich industrial world , a bastion of the human Imperium . |
| 12 | If she had done as he had suggested , become a doctor maybe , or a teacher , he would be alive today and she would be living a normal life . |
| 13 | A delighted Mr Guest said after the hearing at the Justiciary Appeal Court that in addition to the expenses of the case , he would be seeking a five-figure sum in damages . |
| 14 | Assuming a fair wind on major infrastructure , access , and drainage , it is unlikely that a new settlement would be producing a significant group of housings until somewhere around , at the very best , end ninety six into the of ninety seven period , in that context , what is happening in that short intervening period , assuming certain planning guidance comes forward to help that intervening period , and will that new settlement actually be built out prior to two prior to two thousand and six , will the fourteen hundred dwellings be built in that period , question mark , probably not , it will lap over , therefore in that context of a gap at the beginning , and a potential overlap at the end , it is very important again to revisit the peripheral land issue . |
| 15 | He knew he ought to feel guilty about Cora-Beth , to whom he had not yet written the promised letter , but with a telegram already despatched to Mrs Appleby , advising her of his visit and that he would be bringing a young lady , he told himself that it was too late to change the arrangement . |
| 16 | ‘ If you went to a summer party in 1970 , ’ said Joanne Brogden , Professor of Fashion at the Royal College of Art , ‘ you could guarantee that most women would be wearing a long ‘ Laura Ashley ’ skirt or dress . |
| 17 | If any person had the authority to be in the vicinity he would be wearing a high visibility vest , as laid down in the Railway Regulations , it would be madness not to do so . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind that she would be eating a main meal that evening , Fabia ordered an omelette and salad , and soon discovered that once Lubor had settled down from his initial opportunistic manner he was quite a pleasant lunchtime companion . |
| 19 | For example , if the bid-price were £95 for a Bill with a face value of £100 , the government would be paying a 3-monthly interest rate of about 5 per cent ; if the bid-price rose to £98 , the 3-monthly interest rate would fall to about 2 per cent . |
| 20 | Failure to support French policy in Indo-China would have the effect of contributing to the defeat of US aims in Europe and , applying the practical test of probability of success , ‘ the US would be backing a determined protagonist in this venture … |
| 21 | We were a shot over in the second round and I began to wonder whether he would be mounting a serious challenge . |
| 22 | He expected to be exhausted later in an investigation when he would be working a sixteen-hour day , but this early heaviness , the feeling that he was already spent in mind and body was new to him . |
| 23 | In giving patronage to Namibia 's artists , the media would be fostering a vital symbiotic relationship between media practitioners and culture creators , the two social groups which should be the critics of the nation 's political and socio-economic life and the conscience of our society . |
| 24 | In giving patronage to Namibia 's artists , the media would be fostering a vital symbiotic relationship between media practitioners and culture creators , the two social groups which should be the critics of the nation 's political and socio-economic life and the conscience of our society . |
| 25 | You might think that anyone connected with Polly Peck would be keeping a low profile these days . |
| 26 | She had been a fool not to anticipate that a guard would be keeping a hidden watch on fitzAlan 's door . |
| 27 | She would be keeping a tight hold on her feelings from now on . |
| 28 | I knew Dawn 's talons would be finding a good grip on his scalp . |
| 29 | However , if the landowner threatens you with a firearm , it is comforting to know that he or she would be committing a criminal offence . |
| 30 | Not only would purchasers be preserving the province 's heritage , they would be gaining a worthwhile investment . |