Example sentences of "he would [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His writing 's more grown-up well , he 'd be two years older now — but I 'd know it anywhere . ’ |
2 | Cos he 'd be hopeless team . |
3 | There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar-billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners . |
4 | ‘ I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ’ |
5 | Patrick landed across a rock , and lucky for him the ride was in to break his fall or it 's crippled he 'd be this minute . |
6 | He 'd be popular boy of the Remove , she prophesied . |
7 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
8 | running game here and he 'd be false time and would be very unfit . |
9 | He confirmed that he would be challenging Diouf in the presidential elections due in February 1993 . |
10 | He would be uncrowned king … a hero … an idol . |
11 | While remaining head of state , he resigned forthwith as head of the MPR , declaring that henceforth he would be above party politics and not subject to political or legislative control , but would act as " arbiter and final judge " on important matters . |
12 | On December 28 he would be twenty years old , and he wondered bitterly when he might be allowed to grow up . |
13 | Paul said he would be fitting smoke alarms immediately . |
14 | For now it is sufficient to assert that John , having loved and lost , felt he would be tempting providence to allow himself to love again . |
15 | The fact was , the Rector had no sense of priorities — he would be happier washing the feet of the poor than ordering a dignified social life such as a woman in Mrs Frere 's position had the right to expect . |
16 | In 1297 an Irish attorney acting for the abbot of Mellifont in a case before King 's Bench suggested to the abbot that he would be guaranteed success in his litigation if he paid Rothbury a bribe of twenty marks through the attorney . |
17 | He wondered whether Alice Mair would invite Lessingham to stay the night at Martyr 's Cottage or whether he would be driven home later by her or her brother . |
18 | Mohammed Said was arrested by the army on July 7 while announcing to the press that in Madani 's absence he would be provisional leader of the FIS . |