Example sentences of "would have [been] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any higher and we would have been on the bloody roof , and squeezed into rather mean , dark garrets . |
| 2 | If there was any honour in this Government , Mr Heseltine 's resignation would have been on the Prime Minister 's desk at the same time as the High Court judgment . |
| 3 | Schwartzman and Volk reckon that weathering was helped along to such an extent that the Earth is 35°C cooler than it would have been on the lifeless Earth . |
| 4 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 5 | But he was no more comfortable on the radio programme than he would have been on the real desert island . |
| 6 | If I had n't been ‘ discovered ’ , as I suppose I must describe it , then I would have been on the same old path , up at Low Birk Hatt and miserable . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ she replied , ‘ if I 'd had black parents to go home to , they would have been on the receiving end of aggro all day long as well . ’ |
| 8 | The ketos , to which the hero is advancing would have been on the missing part of the stone . |