Example sentences of "would be on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 4 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In my plan , we 'd be on the Hispaniola now , every dead man alive and the treasure on ship , by thunder ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 9 | He 'd be on the record . |
| 10 | 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 … ’ |
| 11 | That means … ’ she stared at the hedges , ‘ they 'd be on the other side of the hedge . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes . |
| 13 | He 'd be on the Riviera by now , bearing all those heavy Sabatini responsibilities . |
| 14 | They had the Socialists Medical Association well there 'd be they 'd be on the side of Bevan . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Who 'd be on the , who would be on the bloody council with any real bloody business initiative |
| 17 | On paper , however , the vessels would be on the order of the United States , enabling Israel to receive American financing and circumventing West German export restrictions . |
| 18 | Accordingly , he has drawn up a document outlining his position on negotiations which he means to make public , so the people are fully apprised of the proposals that would be on the table . |
| 19 | It appeared that , without changes in policy , Britain would be on the way to racial suicide . |
| 20 | It felt as if she was facing death : what would be on the other side ? |
| 21 | I wondered what the Guardian headlines would be on the day of the Second Coming . |
| 22 | When the girl at the reception desk discovered that I would be leaving early in the morning , she insisted on refunding £2 , since I would be on the road before she arrived to cook breakfast . |
| 23 | But he said on Newsnight it was ‘ quite probable ’ that the next election would be on the first-past-the-post principle . |
| 24 | The Australian captain also suggested that the number of umpires be increased from two to three , though only two would be on the pitch at one time . |
| 25 | ‘ If I was n't defending , I would be on the next plane home , ’ he said . |
| 26 | All their concentration would be on the great white wall of crashing surf ahead . |
| 27 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |
| 28 | But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip Christopher Joyce |
| 29 | But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip |
| 30 | The air was full of the smell of burning documents , and in some quarters there was talk that the Germans would be on the Nile within a matter of days . |