Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] have been easy " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ T would have been easy enough for a determined boy to climb the wall and follow them . |
| 2 | If only Morpurgo had been a less thoroughbred specimen the contrast with what had subsequently overtaken him would have been easier to accept . |
| 3 | It should have been easy ; it should have been a walkover . |
| 4 | It might have been easy for Celia to persuade herself that it would all make little difference to me . |
| 5 | It might have been easier after Brando 's end-of-shoot trashing of the film to the Toronto Globe And Mail . |
| 6 | The implication for Israel and the international community was that it might have been easier to transact a deal with the PLO before the Uprising than after it . |
| 7 | She was , as Clara had discovered at an early age , colossally inconsistent ; and sometimes Clara thought that it might have been easier to live with a true religious fanatic , whose fads and fancies would be at least predictable and well-marshalled , with the backing of some kind of external authority , from which there could be some appeal . |
| 8 | ‘ If he had it might have been easier to bear . |
| 9 | If he had looked ashamed it might have been easier to bear . |
| 10 | It might have been easier actually to say she 's not coming . |
| 11 | Had he been less brilliant or sure of himself , he would have been easier to dismiss , but Cooper selected his victims with care , knowing precisely where their weaknesses were , and always aimed to draw blood , each review increasing his enemies within the international art establishment ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 2 for his dealings with John Rothenstein ) . |
| 12 | It would 've been easier if I got into dealing again , but I ca n't afford any more heavy scenes with the law . |
| 13 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 14 | It would have been easy to nick his wallet at that point . |
| 15 | With Eleanor it would have been easy . |
| 16 | SHe appreciated Dr Parmedes ' art : it would have been easy to fix the physical changes , but he had possessed the patience and expertise to make those organs as responsive to stimulation as any natural ones . |
| 17 | If the wind had been constant , it would have been easy to lean the wheelbarrow into it . |
| 18 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 19 | It would have been easy for you to lose five pounds ’ worth of lead as you saddled up . |
| 20 | It would have been easy for him to take it off . |
| 21 | It would have been easy for her to pass for a white girl . |
| 22 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 23 | I suppose it would have been easy for someone to ‘ lift ’ a few odd balls , but my innocent mind had never though of this ! |
| 24 | Shortly after the 29th Division began landing , officers walked unmolested to the village of Krithia some 3km/2mls inland and to the 180m/600ft high summit of Achi Baba , commanding positions from which it would have been easy to repel any Turkish counter-attack . |
| 25 | It would have been easy to claim some other appointment , or a practice session with Jack , but the situation intrigued me and I was particularly happy at the thought of pulling a fast one over the shrewd and imperturbable Inspector Drew . |
| 26 | Maybe if I 'd been able to do some kind of planche , like your painter friend did on your … back , it would have been easy , but what I had to do was first try to get something akin to an erection standing at the copier of a deserted office on a holiday . |
| 27 | In this example , it would have been easy for the teacher to have made the child 's decisions for her . |
| 28 | It would have been easy to instruct the interviewees to give extended answers to questions that only required a yes or no response . |
| 29 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 30 | If he 'd killed only Jay , it would have been easy to make connections . ’ |