Example sentences of "that would have [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that would 've been a little unwieldy , would n't it ? |
| 2 | I could not have opened it then in any case , for that would have been a physical impossibility — tempting though the picture is of the evil creature on the other side of the door getting a well-deserved spasm of slimy stomach bile heaved right up into his florid and trendily moustachioed face . |
| 3 | That would have been a tough one to keep quiet . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ At one point I thought about stopping , ’ Rasmussen said , ‘ but that would have been a first for me , because I 've never dropped out of a marathon . ’ |
| 5 | That would have been a very different matter . |
| 6 | The refusal to raise National Insurance rates is very good because that would have been a tax increase . |
| 7 | Holyfield says that he regrets the fight with Tyson never took place because ‘ that would have been a dream fight . |
| 8 | That would have been a mistake . |
| 9 | That would have been a preposterous estimate . |
| 10 | I mean that would have been a disaster I mean it 's only because I was upstairs and I thought oh I can smell boiling . |
| 11 | Now , that would have been a W I committee day so we 've had to alter the committee to the Tuesday , so I 'm afraid they 'll be no handy craft on Tuesday the first of December . |
| 12 | That would have been a laugh , would n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | if that had 've been Cath , that would have been a real turn up for me would n't it ? |
| 14 | ‘ That would have been a mistake . |
| 15 | For years she had turned a calm , expressionless face on the world — quiet , distant , not even blatantly cold , because that would have been a challenge to some men . |
| 16 | He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’ |
| 17 | That would have been a super piece of front play . |
| 18 | that would have been a decision of Mr |
| 19 | again that would have been a matter raised at our board and passed on |
| 20 | That would have been a fascist kind of imperial erm state would n't it . |
| 21 | It 's relevant because at a time when I lived through the means test the one that , the real one , er then that would have been a very serious point because you could switch and turn and twist the means test in such a way that people would be continually at a disadvantage and the nearest I can think of what the effect of that was , living in a very working town , a very industrial working town and it was nothing like as bad as the one in London more recently , was the homelessness of cardboard boxes cities in London . |
| 22 | The Friends ' new Patron says that for a modern town like Swindon , that would have been a disaster . |
| 23 | That would have been a boost to everybody . |
| 24 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
| 25 | That would have been a day tomorrow . |
| 26 | Cos that would have been a bit quick really would n't it ? |
| 27 | Yeah , that would have been a good one . |
| 28 | I thought that would have been a good night in the King 's Hall tonight . |
| 29 | And that would have been a lot better than and then after that rabbit , I went and did the car . |
| 30 | And a legitimate hook because people are concerned about food and eating and so forth , and that , that would have been a hook you could grab people with , and most people would have thought ‘ That would be something I want to read about . ’ |