Example sentences of "would [verb] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did they have any erm raids that were that you 'd think were directed towards the airport at all , were there any incidents of this kind ? |
| 2 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 3 | She 'd 've been lying on Spanish beaches with her eyes tight shut knowing that every Spanish boy who passed would fancy her . |
| 4 | What I 'd do is stay on the other side of the room so I would n't get sucked through it . |
| 5 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 6 | What she ought to do is , I know what I 'd do is leave Anthony and Maria and they can put them down and go and see |
| 7 | Er that 's ring for repeat and wh what we 'd do is give you three monthly repeats , |
| 8 | What I 'd do is keep a handy sledge-hammer in the boot ! ’ |
| 9 | What I 'd like is to adopt a multi-racial child . |
| 10 | You 'd have been born in Ireland if things , history and all had been different . ’ |
| 11 | He would be in as much danger as me because if he shouted across to me , he 'd have been done for idling his time and gossiping . |
| 12 | She 'd have been given help by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and her costs would have been minimal . |
| 13 | Your , your arithmetic has really improved you know , you can do these things in your head now whereas not all that long ago you 'd have been reaching for the calculator thinking , oh I ca n't do that . |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd have been gone by now , sir , but the little devil 's been playing us up . |
| 15 | Or I 'd have been gone . ’ |
| 16 | If it had n't been for Anna , she 'd have been gone at sunrise . |
| 17 | of done Quickspend , you 'd have been looking at figures that showed a lot more profitability . |
| 18 | Especially after all the hype about 15pt gap you 'd have thought that they 'd have been looking at the ‘ nearest rival trying to close the gap ! ! ’ . |
| 19 | At this time of the evening they 'd have been drinking for an hour . |
| 20 | If I 'd been standing here fifteen years ago I 'd have been run over by now because there were four lanes of traffic running around here . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd have been wasting my breath , Julia . |
| 22 | She 'd have been lost without you . ’ |
| 23 | And I must say I 'd have been lost without her . ’ |
| 24 | Thank God you got some expert help or we 'd have been hearing duck screams in our nightmares forever . ’ |
| 25 | He knew no-one had seen him at Barak 's house otherwise he 'd have been charged straight away . |
| 26 | He 'd have been undertaking with this man . |
| 27 | ‘ Or they should have sold you to some terrible household where you 'd have been treated like a dog . |
| 28 | But if Bobby wanted to get in on it now , he 'd have been turned away at the door : the elitists would have laughed at him for being in an indie band and ‘ Loaded ’ might never have been produced . |
| 29 | So they 'd have been picking people in their thirties then , now they 'd be in their sixties . |
| 30 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |