Example sentences of "it would have be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | If the contract had been ‘ straightforward ’ then it would have been worth half the £1.31 million that he was to be paid . |
2 | If I could have departed then , never reentered the house , it would have been with some strength of mind . |
3 | It would have been of little comfort to investors to learn that Chairman John Wheeler had , according to former business colleagues , been living a luxury lifestyle , spending almost £70,000 on refitting his yacht , and thousands of pounds renovating his six-bedroom house . |
4 | Everything was very hush-hush , and it was not until it was over that the name of the target was made common knowledge — not that it would have been of any interest to us if we had known beforehand , because none of us had ever heard of it . |
5 | Nevertheless , it seems highly improbable that had it been pursued the ‘ revolutionary ’ alternative , deprived as it would have been of any significant outside help , would have proved any more successful . |