Example sentences of "would [verb] been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I also made a documentary about the U-boat campaign which in two world wars had nearly brought us to our knees ; and I have always regretted that after the last war , when we sank so many of them in deep water , we did not keep one as a trophy and bring it up the Thames into the heart of London : it would have been a perennial attraction for every schoolboy in the country . |
| 32 | ‘ It would have been a prize-winning shot and all I did was stand here like a fool . |
| 33 | ‘ I never wanted to leave Wigan — it would have been a downward step — but at the same time it had to be right for me . |
| 34 | It would have been a pointless duplication for the authors of the environmental statement to have consulted separately . |
| 35 | That would have been a super piece of front play . |
| 36 | But for parallel development in relation to the parliamentary franchise , the position thus brought about might have resembled too closely that which prevailed under the Stuarts , save only that the pretended despot would have been a Prime Minister , able to influence the composition of Parliament to an excessive degree , rather than a monarch claiming Divine Right . |
| 37 | She had never belonged to anything and would have been a hopeless soldier . |
| 38 | She would have been a young lass of twelve as JTR strode his way Arosward . |
| 39 | The old lady would have been a lissome girl , like the girls now coming through the main entrance of the boma , carrying large plastic containers of water on their heads , keeping them in place by a casual touch of the hand . |
| 40 | Even Hugh , although able to look like a jeune premier from time to time , had filled out as a result of an under-demanding marriage and a sedentary occupation , and would have been a round peg for such a small square hole . |
| 41 | There would have been a terrific scandal if there 'd been anyone present to have a scandal around . |
| 42 | It would have been a good excuse to use to get Mr Parnham off his back . |
| 43 | By what route this strategy will proceed is unclear — technology swapping , OEM or other — however , the company admits that it probably would have been a good idea had Tandem Computers Inc and Pyramid had meshed their respective hardware and Unix software experience in that area two years ago . |
| 44 | He would have been a good schoolmaster , I thought : gentle , precise , dry-humoured . |
| 45 | I thought driving up today would have been a good day but the reality is that it is not going to start until Easter time . |
| 46 | Do you think Elvis would have been a good character to have lived into his old age ? |
| 47 | I thought that would have been a good night in the King 's Hall tonight . |
| 48 | Had it been properly directed there would have been a good contract and A would have been liable in damages to B for not delivering the horse . |
| 49 | If Bernie had n't been around we would have been a band , and we would have been a good band but we would n't have been the band . |
| 50 | This was just the sort of attitude the paper wanted — in another context it would have been a good news story . |
| 51 | Clearly the Heart of England deal has not been completed and there are difficulties with it , which is a pity as it would have been a good start to the venture . |
| 52 | It would have been a good place to hold a torchlight rally . |
| 53 | The Derby was the first time Nijinsky started at odds against — and if his full background story had been known , the odds would have been a good deal longer . |
| 54 | Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious . |
| 55 | It would have been a good party anyway , even if he had n't met Sara , he thought . |
| 56 | Certainly one is not under an obligation to look after the child if one did not promise to do so just because it would have been a good thing to promise . |
| 57 | Town 's first Easter delight came on saturday against Luton at the County Ground … they were given a tough time in this one … a draw would have been a good result … a fair one too … but thanks to Paul Bodin the full-back with a golden boot they went and snatched a win … |
| 58 | If Audrey Barrie Brown had had her way , Fresden Manor near Swindon would have been a Roman history study centre . |
| 59 | The press would have had a field day , and what Frank did n't realize is that he himself would have been a laughing stock . |
| 60 | I would have been a progressive teacher 's ideal pupil . |