Example sentences of "would [verb] been [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it 'd been my missus , I 'd 've been relieved that someone else was taking an interest . |
| 2 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 3 | I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M |
| 4 | They were testing our responses and they 'd have been disappointed if we had n't been there . |
| 5 | have only mentioned estate agents I 'd have I 'd have been disappointed because |
| 6 | If I 'd been painting shadows they 'd have been blue or grey , but real shadows are n't nearly so simple ! ’ |
| 7 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 8 | It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree . |
| 9 | It 'd have been better if I 'd kept them two . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 11 | ‘ But then I 'd have been worried if they 'd been lethargic , so you ca n't have it all ways ! ’ |
| 12 | He 'd have been fucking if there had 've been . |
| 13 | Of course , the , the speeds would 've been higher as well . |
| 14 | It would 've been better but erm I think that these terms have now become so widely known there 's , there 's no way of changing it back . |
| 15 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 16 | It would 've been easier if I got into dealing again , but I ca n't afford any more heavy scenes with the law . |
| 17 | I think that bloke coming off the ladder with the buckets of paint would 've been funnier than them |
| 18 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 19 | And the barrel would 've been more or less , well about that in height sir . |
| 20 | This change in relative prices would have been rational if it had reflected any real improvement in the competitive power of electricity ( and there had been a continuing shift in favour of electricity for the whole century ) , but now the shift was artificially exaggerated by historic cost accounting in a period of inflation , and by temporarily depressed investment levels . |
| 21 | They will argue that such job creation as may have taken place is temporary and artificial , that the cost of achieving even this was too high and that it would have been cheaper and industrially more advantageous if people from development areas had been forced or encouraged to move to the prosperous areas . |
| 22 | The process is similar to oral tradition , in which good descriptions , tales , or verses are preserved and repeated ; indeed the audience or reader would have been disappointed if some of the famous and much loved descriptions were not included . |
| 23 | Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson added : ‘ I 'm not surprised — in fact I would have been disappointed if he had n't received something . ’ |
| 24 | Things would have been pleasanter if the weather had been more summery , but you ca n't have everything and in England one gets accustomed to wet and windy summers . |
| 25 | Applying Phipps he would have been guilty if he had drove to the agreed destination and then driven to his true destination . |
| 26 | Of course , Mr McGibbon would have been delighted if his son had turned into another Stephen Roche . |
| 27 | The reader can judge for himself whether his comprehension would have been fuller if he had known this topic . |
| 28 | Her triumph would have been short-lived if she had seen the smile slip from his face and a look of regret shape his expression ; his quiet eyes were drawn to the window , to the skyline beyond . |
| 29 | But it would have been tidier if he could have separated them . |
| 30 | No , I mean , it would have been fantastic if they 'd had the cash to just get on would n't it ? |