Example sentences of "would be on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 4 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 5 | In my plan , we 'd be on the Hispaniola now , every dead man alive and the treasure on ship , by thunder ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes . |
| 7 | He 'd be on the record . |
| 8 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 10 | They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan . |
| 11 | 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 … ’ |
| 12 | He 'd be on the Riviera by now , bearing all those heavy Sabatini responsibilities . |
| 13 | Using a new set of genuine Thomas Leavy documents based on his legal name change — the last thing he supposed the Federal authorities would be on the lookout for — Coleman then slipped back into the States , via Canada , for what he felt in his bones was probably the last time he would see his father and his country . |
| 14 | But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip Christopher Joyce |
| 15 | But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip |
| 16 | And Rathbone would be on the case , with his bloodhound and magnifying glass . |
| 17 | I had already decided that my degree thesis would be on the life of this underrated painter from Milan . |
| 18 | And the next fortnight I would be on the afternoon shift , which meant getting the same distance , to half past two to work till They were eight hour shifts you see and the night shift likewise had to come a very er a tremendous number from working at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham ev even in those days , travel from various places . |
| 19 | As I understand the matter , there could be a fair number of such voyages , and the only basis for charge would be on the cost to the employer , and in the example that we are considering that would be very small . |
| 20 | He explained that in each case ( including that of teachers ) the charge would be on the cost to the employer of providing the services and that in each case that cost would either be nil or very small . |
| 21 | In less than an hour 's time they would be at St Petrock 's , and Susan would be on the platform to meet her , with dear old Sambo , the Airedale , barking his head off with glee . |
| 22 | A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners . |
| 23 | Eight such units were envisaged , and it was anticipated that between three and five would be on the streets at any given time ( The Guardian , 10 May 1991 ) . |
| 24 | On paper , however , the vessels would be on the order of the United States , enabling Israel to receive American financing and circumventing West German export restrictions . |
| 25 | It appeared that , without changes in policy , Britain would be on the way to racial suicide . |
| 26 | After five years ' work , Olivier was certain of only two things : that the population , even at the highest estimate , was by no means enough to ensure the eventual survival of the species ; and that the figures henceforward would be on the way down rather than up . |
| 27 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 28 | That is the problem erm in so far as initially er we felt that it that that the onus would be on the individual , I E if it 's a short term stay car park they would not use it . |
| 29 | Yeah I worked out what this would be on the scale . |
| 30 | A second compulsory course ( taught by development studies specialists ) would be on the Principles and practice of development both at the macro level ( eg the place of the Third World countries in the world economy ) and the micro level ( eg community organisation ; role of church-related NGOs ) . |