Example sentences of "would be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes they 'd like if they were in South Wales , in South Wales you know if your grandfather was a scab , you 'd be a scab would n't you , they carry it out in generations there . |
2 | I thought you 'd be a pushover ; |
3 | But for her he 'd be a stiff this very minute , and I 'm not telling you no lies ! |
4 | ‘ I 'd be a cat , ’ she said , ‘ a platinum-blonde pedigree cat with all the refined desires of Mehitabel . |
5 | My father-in-law is Ray Shiel , who once fought Johnny Prescott , and he reckons I 'd be a success . |
6 | Philip was confident she 'd be a success . |
7 | Who 'd be a hero , eh ? |
8 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
9 | Maybe people thought that since she 'd been a witch when alive , she 'd be a ghost once she was dead . |
10 | In addition to watching the dock there 'd be a policeman on patrol at the dock . |
11 | We 'd go round the corner and perhaps there 'd be a couple of fellows fighting or drunk . |
12 | ‘ My guess — it 's no more than that — is that somebody came around earlier and told Mrs Tanner that there 'd be a couple of hundred quid in it for her if you showed up . |
13 | Yeah , you thought I 'd be a cheat did n't you ? he said that |
14 | So er I mean you can actually say to your children , well okay you know if I , we die tomorrow in a road accident , there 'd be a liability to tax , erm and say the estate 's worth two hundred thousand , then fifty thousand would be liable to tax at forty pence in the pound , so there 'd be twenty thousand pound debt to pay to the revenue . |
15 | Maybe we could join the fair folk … prizefighting for thee and I 'd be a tumbler . |
16 | Lot o think a lot of them were made , supplied by the merchant and they were made properly by the erm , you can say sh you can say er er any shoemaker perhaps or they 'd be a factory what made so many pairs like . |
17 | There 'd be a space on the wall , perhaps small fridge , one of those small little ones , so you can just put the bare essentials in . |
18 | Well he says he 's gon na he says round about erm December , January he 'll see if and he 's gon na ask him if there 'd be a chance of him getting in . |
19 | The only reason Margaret went through with the pregnancy was because my father hoped I 'd be a boy . |
20 | There 'd be a joiner and he 'd be engaged in a |
21 | ‘ For assuming you 'd be a man . ’ |
22 | ‘ Thom called to say he 'd be a day late , and then he just hung up . ’ |
23 | Although the graphics are looking a little dated , you 'd be a banana not to find a copy . |
24 | I do n't know whether that will actually happen , because Guild really have the first option , but I was hoping there 'd be a way that we could cooperate and perhaps Eggle could do the British end of it . |
25 | ‘ I just thought that … maybe in some way … there 'd be a way . ’ |
26 | Well it 'd be a change from cribbage would n't it ? |
27 | Ah maybe not but it 'd be a change . |
28 | ‘ You 'll be told in good time , ’ he said and would not listen when Goll the Gorm said , crossly , as they trooped out , that it was always the same ; they were not told what was going on and it was a disgrace and a scandal and there 'd be a revolution at Tara before much longer , if there would n't be an outright war . |
29 | There 'd be a battle royal all morning . |
30 | There 'd be a flogging or worse if they took her with stolen clothes . |