Example sentences of "they would [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was alright actually , I was surprised I thought they would be complete jerks but they are okay . |
| 2 | If , for example , the retailer required a supply of cards for Mother 's Day , they would be little use to him if they arrived afterwards . |
| 3 | These , not merely the hopelessly wounded , but those whose wounds were just too complicated for the frantic surgeons to waste time probing , or who looked as if they would be little use to the army again , were laid outside in the bitter cold . |
| 4 | When the two girls met , they knew at once that they would be good friends . |
| 5 | So they would be private individuals doing voluntary work . |
| 6 | In your report the council leader states that they would be increasing parking for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard . |
| 7 | If you will permit me to make a suggestion , they would be better meantime with a tutor at home , and a governess for the girls . |
| 8 | Labour 's shadow chancellor John Smith unveils their alternative budget promising everyone earning up to £22,000 a year they would be better Dr Ashok Kumar launched his campaign to retain Langabrugh pledging ‘ I 'm here to Opinion polls show the Tories with a three point Labour say they would scrap the City Technology Colleges if they won power . |
| 9 | Ken appreciated it and for almost a quarter of a century afterwards they would be close friends . |
| 10 | Finally , someone once calculated that if the pillars and spires were stood one on top of the other they would be 5,300 metres high . |
| 11 | If they could get even some of the men in Grantley to take the blood test they would be halfway home . |
| 12 | They would be young girls growing up at the palace , the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret . |
| 13 | And I suppose they would be wooden boats would they |
| 14 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 15 | After 1997 , their ‘ British Nationals ( Overseas ) ’ passports would confer no real benefit since , in the eyes of the Chinese government , they would be Chinese citizens . |
| 16 | Oh they would be ten feet long anyway |
| 17 | It has very little to do with her life , and they would be bizarre parents or catechetists who really wanted the girls in their charge to emulate Rose of Lima in any very direct way . |
| 18 | ‘ If they were in any other country , they would be winning and they would be top players . ’ |
| 19 | Within towns they would be little systems of shopping , business , industrial and residential streets . |