Example sentences of "would have be [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you 'd have been buying an oil well or something like that . |
| 2 | To have made such an equation would have been to create an idol : an item in the creation ( not this time a golden calf but a person ) would have been deified . |
| 3 | He had his widowed mother living with him and two sisters who had to get husbands ; both Mr James and Constanza say that it would have been considered an almost monstrous act of selfishness if the prince had insisted on marrying one of the Montecativi or Roccarosa girls for their beaux yeux . |
| 4 | They would have been paying an interest rate of 11.75 p.c. — which increased to 15 p.c. in January 1980 — compared with the current rate of about 10.95 p.c . |
| 5 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 6 | If her father played the tape of her conversation , as inevitably he would , then , whatever the outcome , their relationship would have been dealt an overwhelming blow , one , she was sure , that could never be overcome . |