Example sentences of "would then [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.

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1	It is not hard to imagine Nietzsche adding passages of this modest length in the final weeks , especially if he had continued to work on the " whole last part of the book during the summer ; any late additions would then have been based on that work .
2	If he had been briefed for a mission in which he did not participate , he would then have been kept incommunicado until he did finally leave .
3	A preheated cupping glass would then have been placed over the wound and the cooling action of the air inside would have produced a vacuum capable of sucking the blood out .
4	The contention would then have been put forward that it was the ‘ god ’ who motivated the human being or beings who actually provided the relief .
5	Eventually , in what would then have been interpreted as a generous gesture on the part of the Poor Law authorities , the wife was freed in order to give her a second chance to build up a home .
6	The full sized engine would then have been worked on until it became feasible to exploit steam engines commercially .
7	It was conceded that had any individual shareholder held a sufficient block to give him ‘ control ’ of the company then he might have been entitled to a higher price than the total market value of his shares , since he would then have been selling an item of property — control — additional to his shares .
8	Had the defendant been aware , it is submitted , he would have had no defence , since he would then have been making a mistake as to whether or not the policeman was justified in seeking to restrain him , and whether he was therefore acting in the execution of his duty .
9	The matter would then have been dealt with in the ordinary way , after all counsel involved had been consulted .
10	Tension would then have been growing by the hour , and it must have been hard indeed for the men to keep themselves from being overstressed by apprehension and excitement .

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