Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [verb] been [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If any one of us had been touching a wall above ground we 'd have been part of the bloody architecture by now . ’ |
| 2 | It is extremely probable that nine days later they would have been part of the 1000 Bomber Raid on Cologne . |
| 3 | Isidore of Seville ( d. 636 ) summed it all up thus : ‘ many who bear the attacks of the adversary and resist the desires of the flesh are martyrs , even in the time of peace , in virtue of this self-immolation to God in their heart : they would have been martyrs in the time of the persecutions ’ . |
| 4 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 5 | It would have been part of their worship and prayers to say with confidence , ‘ Glory belongs to God ’ . |
| 6 | If the body had turned out to be Stavanger 's it would have been progress in the case , though we 'd have been no nearer knowing where he had been killed , or who had killed him . |
| 7 | It would have been defeat over what I now knew for certain was a perfectly reasonable and legal procedure which I would have found hard to handle . |
| 8 | Asked why not , he said : ‘ Because it would have been use of inside information . ’ |