Example sentences of "they would [adv] have been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in 1976 , three DUP councillors in Ballymena boycotted the Remembrance Day service ( an event they would normally have been very keen to support ) because a Roman Catholic priest who had served in the Royal Naval Reserve was reading a lesson . |
| 2 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 3 | They would not have been refreshingly down-to-earth for her sake . |
| 4 | If they 'd had a key , they would n't have been so careless as to leave it open , would they ? ’ |
| 5 | Maybe then they would n't have been so silky on the ball and looked such a good team . |
| 6 | Yet great as his gifts were to us , they would surely have been even greater if he had had the knowledge we now possess and especially the translations of the poets and mystics of the orient . |
| 7 | The commitment which the new proprietors are bringing to the enormous task of totally renovating and modernizing Low Birk Hatt is patently obvious For years they have denied themselves many of the luxuries they would otherwise have been easily able to afford because they both knew that one day they would need the capital to spend on the kind of home they both dreamed about . |
| 8 | They would certainly have been completely astonished to learn , as would the author , that The Problem of Pain would become a great commercial success . |