Example sentences of "would have [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of such a marriage , had it ever taken place , would have been to create a substantial English-dominated fief on France 's northern and eastern borders which would have been a northern equivalent of Aquitaine . |
| 2 | By killing Marius then , Nigel would have been sacrificing a great deal of money . |
| 3 | Moreover , it also allowed entry into the policewomen 's world , which , using van Maanen 's logic , would have been denied a male field-worker ( for the difficulties in establishing rapport experienced by a male researcher on the police see Warren and Rasmussen 1977 : 358 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ If Debbie had lost a leg she would have been given a customised artificial limb and provided with physiotherapy at the hospital and at home , ’ says Mrs Finni . |
| 5 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 6 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
| 7 | To Paykel , it would have been considered a positive event or ‘ entrance ’ event which he would therefore not expect to correlate with depression . |
| 8 | Immediately I saw that if Edward had mentioned that name it would have been deemed a great betrayal . |
| 9 | Indeed , their hire was taken for granted , and it would have been deemed a curious request had a client expressed a view to buy them . |
| 10 | It would have been a long walk to here , and no doubt some other person would have been offering a dubious lift by the time she arrived . |