Example sentences of "would [verb] been used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other questions asked about the tools that would have been used to shape them and the reasons for these shapes . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd think the rabbits would have been used to feed the dogs . |
| 3 | The cash would have been used to fuel their vehicles , allowing them to move west . |
| 4 | The royal estates of the house of Cunobelinos , already forfeit , would have been used to provide the land allotments for the veterans . |
| 5 | If International had been around at the time of the Vikings , there 's little doubt whose paint would have been used to keep those marauding longships in prime condition . |
| 6 | The prongs would have been used to ram against a brick wall , maybe to try to remove or damage a cashpoint machine or similar cash dispensing machine . |
| 7 | After all , the money ‘ saved ’ would not go back to the LTA but would have been used to swell the amount available to be paid in appearance money to the two or three ‘ names ’ needed to start the telephones ringing in the box office . |
| 8 | On the mantelpiece a Victorian whirligig soldier stands to attention — originally he would have been used to scare away birds in the garden . |