Example sentences of "would have [been] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd have been undertaking with this man . |
| 2 | If there were any monsters with tentacles and teeth , they 'd have been overwhelmed by sheer force of nome . |
| 3 | If usury was wrong in itself then the Israelites would have been prohibited from charging interest on any funds lent , not just funds lent to fellow Jews . |
| 4 | Saying that they were playing very deep , but Im sure Wallace would have been looking for those balls and giving the player in posession that option . |
| 5 | It was bad enough trying to get to a classroom and he knew if he had explored the corridors he would have been lost for certain . |
| 6 | The corporation cited planning and zoning regulations for refusing these applications but it was generally assumed that the real reason was that the new houses would have been built in Unionist-controlled wards but would have been inhabited by Catholics . |
| 7 | Any attack on Beaumaris would have been presented with formidable problems . |
| 8 | On the issues of location and control of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal , Yeltsin said that all tactical nuclear weapons would have been moved from other republics of the former Soviet Union to Russia by July 1 , although moving long-range strategic weapons was more complex . |
| 9 | But whatever reservations Moscow may have about the latest changes in Budapest , Mr Gorbachev must be aware that the old party would have been annihilated in next year 's elections . |
| 10 | If the link had been spotted , Sir Anthony concluded , Barlow Clowes 's operations would have been halted in 1984 . |
| 11 | It is argued that during the dry phases , the humid forests would have been fragmented into island-like refugia ( Figure 7.1 ) of isolated blocks of forest . |
| 12 | In John Hart 's case , his appeal to the House of Lords against the decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal would have been dismissed by four to one , had proceedings as related in Hansard not been allowed as evidence . |
| 13 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 14 | The redemption value is also linked to the rate of inflation so that , taking the above rate of inflation as being relevant , the original 100 would have been increased to 105.5 ( 100 ) ( 1.055 ) . |
| 15 | Indeed , on 1 September 1939 ( by the Act passed in 1936 ) the school-leaving age would have been raised to fifteen — without much preparation , it seems . |
| 16 | Thanks to the sophistication of modern mining techniques , little damage would have been caused to most other properties . |
| 17 | It is also an excellent example of how modern and antique design and furnishing would have been blended in such a house . |
| 18 | His death would have been diagnosed as extreme negligence as although Roger did drop a huge stone on him , he did not mean to kill him . |
| 19 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 20 | Formerly , a centre offering these three types of SCOTVEC provision within one cognate area would have been visited by three different external verifiers . |
| 21 | But all the time there would be this comforting regularity beneath the surface ; the sound of rattling dice would have been banished from fundamental physics . |
| 22 | Perfumery is perhaps an even more ancient art than dyeing ; it is a more obvious constituent of a plant , so would have been experimented with earlier , to disguise bad smells if nothing else , such as those of rotting meat and decaying vegetation . |
| 23 | Surely , then , word would have been heard of some of them . |
| 24 | There is , to my mind , no doubt at all but that the Turnbull & Co. v. Duval [ 1902 ] A.C. 429 line of cases demonstrates a treatment of wives who have given security to support their husband 's debts more tender than that which would have been applied to other third party sureties . |
| 25 | I think it extremely likely that the plaintiff would have followed the inevitable recommendation from its officers which would have been to proceed with this action in order to avoid paying compensation . |
| 26 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 27 | They could maintain the status quo , by charging the same in depreciation as would have been charged in principal repayments . |
| 28 | Clerk of the course Nicholas Beaumont said : ‘ The number of people per box would have been limited to six , the top floor of the Royal enclosure to 435 instead of over 5,000 and the stalls seats to 300 instead of 2,000 . ’ |
| 29 | That 's right and he , we would have done the same if we 'd have found six men in there , er they all would have been secured until such time as I was happy that the the flat was clear . |
| 30 | Course I mean the m fella would have been stabbed to fucking death if he had n't . |