Example sentences of "would [be] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday .
2 With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday .
3 You 'd be down the pub would n't you ?
4 I promised Tom I 'd be at the stables at two .
5 He 'd ring once to make sure I was in and then he 'd be at the front door , would n't he ? ’
6 He 'd be at the gatehouse within two minutes .
7 ‘ I thought you 'd be at the flat in London .
8 ‘ I 've promised I 'd be at the Queen 's Hall by eight o'clock .
9 They 'd be at the would n't they ?
10 There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly .
11 The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up .
12 ‘ 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 !
13 If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip
14 Well in Britain we decided we 'd be on the safe side , we 'll reduce that to a thousand we put another factor of ten in and what 's more i if one sheep in , in a whole flock is more than a thousand units , er then we will condemn the whole flock .
15 In my plan , we 'd be on the Hispaniola now , every dead man alive and the treasure on ship , by thunder !
16 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 .
17 and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them .
18 He 'd be on the record .
19 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 … ’
20 That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge .
21 ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes .
22 He 'd be on the Riviera by now , bearing all those heavy Sabatini responsibilities .
23 They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan .
24 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
25 Who 'd be on the , who would be on the bloody council with any real bloody business initiative
26 Well it 'd be for the this angle if you extended it so it 'd be eight divided by the three sixty is n't it ?
27 Struggling peasants they 'd be for the most part , trying to keep body and soul together in difficult times .
28 It was like Fawlty Towers , I 'd be to the bar
29 If I found it — well , I 'd be over the moon .
30 Otherwise that 'd be over the headlines .
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