Example sentences of "would have [been] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Especially after all the hype about 15pt gap you 'd have thought that they 'd have been looking at the ‘ nearest rival trying to close the gap ! ! ’ . |
| 2 | If we look to existing trends for advice , it seems likely that the coffin stools , hearse and candles would have been kept at the church and put into place by the parish clerk and/or sexton . |
| 3 | However , if , by the date of trial , it can be shown that the deceased 's income would have risen since his death , then the dependency will be calculated by reference to what he would have been earning at the date of trial , rather than what he in fact was earning at the date of his death . |
| 4 | The purchaser claimed under two heads , first for the capital loss and secondly for his loss of profits — the latter head being based on the difference over three years between the profits made at the machine 's actual rate of output and the higher profits which would have been made at the warranted rate of output . |
| 5 | We specialise in the dances which would have been danced at the court of King Charles II and wear handmade costumes of brocade and crushed velvet . |
| 6 | That might have been an inference , I do n't , it seems , it was there it was it was said by somebody er as a matter of course or whatever and it might well have been that erm certainly it would have been mentioned at the briefing that there was er a woman in the house , Mrs possibly and the likelihood of children , er was possibly also mentioned but there was no definite intelligence as to er the having any children . |
| 7 | A special commission which would have been held at the end of the month has had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's deteriorating condition . |
| 8 | If the allies had agreed to a peace settlement before starting a land war , Mr Hussein would have been left at the head of a country whose air force and army were still largely intact . |