Example sentences of "it would have been [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Two-nil up at home against moderate opposition — it would have been downhill all the way for most teams . |
2 | If his estimate of time was accurate , it would have been rather more than an hour since it had stopped . |
3 | With an authoritarian captain to instil some pep into them , a draw or two may have been salvaged and it would have been just another defeat rather than an abject cave-in , but Gower was not able to pick them up . |
4 | Two years previously it would have been just another biker film , and two years on it would have been dated in terms of attitudes . |
5 | However little , it would have been too much . |
6 | It would have been too much for poor Bridget , looking after them , when she had so much to do . |
7 | It would have been too much of a coincidence to have expected Tony Cable to be the engineering investigator at the top of the go-team list since he had worked in Seattle for the Boeing Company before he joined AIB ( the ‘ Branch ’ , as it is known by its members ) and his personal knowledge of that company 's products is obviously substantial . |
8 | It would have been too much , having to look after Rebecca . |
9 | It would have been too much to hope for one capable of answering any of the questions that were beginning to raise their heads in her sleep-muffled brain . |
10 | it would have been about that time , yes , or soon after |