Example sentences of "'d be [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your figure could match the length of your tongue you 'd be over in Hollywood . |
| 2 | Instead of going to parties , I 'd be out at night looking at badgers , and I 'd always be scheming to go off birdwatching or botanising . |
| 3 | It was practically a twenty-four-hour programme and we 'd be out at night , reading the stars and familiarizing ourselves with them . |
| 4 | I thought about buying a gun , but decided against that too ; I 'd be out of money before I left . |
| 5 | You can visit a Motown museum in Detroit , but if you want to meet Kevin Saunderson or see where Derrick May grew up , you 'd be out of luck . |
| 6 | He said if something like this got out , he said , we 'd be out of business . |
| 7 | Not that he 'd be out of place — on the contrary , he would look entirely at home among the mountains — but the very notion of spending time with him was enough to horrify her . |
| 8 | Her husband gave her a hug and hurried inside , saying he was going to take a quick bath , then he 'd be down for drinks . |
| 9 | If you had a face like that you 'd be down for plastic surgery tomorrow would n't you ? |
| 10 | ‘ He did n't think you 'd be back for ages , ’ Arthur said protectively . |
| 11 | I do n't know how she coped , they say — Rich telling her he 'd be back for lunch and not turning up till dinner and then with Stanley or some other pals . |
| 12 | She called to her to say she 'd be back for tea , and went out to catch the bus . |
| 13 | I just heard that Katie here was in so I came to see when she 'd be back on duty , that 's all . |
| 14 | I remember coming home and discussing with my wife that another friend that it 'd only be a couple of weeks and we 'd be back to work . |
| 15 | Our Johnny said he 'd be back at quarter past three . |
| 16 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
| 17 | ‘ Saving your presence sir , ’ said Sergeant Bramble , ‘ I tried to explain that there was nothing amiss and that you 'd be back in time for supper with Miss Nicole . |
| 18 | June Roberts said she 'd gone out in the car , saying nothing except that she 'd be back in time for cocktails at the Clarkes ' as she had promised , a business thing for Samuel . |
| 19 | that , and , and , I mean it 's probably better for George to do what he wants to do , rather to do what he do n't want to do because we used to be in the same predicament when we were doing cabaret , we 'd go down to London on the Saturday , we 'd leave here what about half three , four o'clock , so if we stayed in digs , we 'd be finished work say midnight , we 'd be back in digs for one , then he 'll go up till seven the next night |
| 20 | it was a special occasion which they , then they 'd accept that you 'd be back after midnight , but |
| 21 | He said good-night to Evelyn quickly and that he 'd be back after breakfast in the morning . |
| 22 | ‘ I was assuming I 'd be back before midnight . |
| 23 | I told my father I 'd be back before dinner . |
| 24 | And we 'd be pouting away and arriving about five minutes past one and then we 'd be in for trouble then . |
| 25 | I was afraid to go back home for fear of the trouble I 'd be in from Mum . |
| 26 | But both were kissed beside the black car then the green , and Karen felt a stirring of regret that she 'd be off to Aunt Jane 's and the lonely wind-blown beaches . |