Example sentences of "would [verb] [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 2 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 3 | ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said . |
| 4 | He was only about Nigel 's age , which meant that he 'd have been a toddler then . |
| 5 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
| 6 | He 'd have been a mouthful . |
| 7 | If he had n't died of that heart attack , he 'd have been a mental wreck . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd have been a martyr , would n't I ? |
| 9 | He 'd have been a mark for all the wise guys without me to look out for him . ’ |
| 10 | Not a word of this before , not a hint ; surely there 'd have been a hint , a nod , a wink ? |
| 11 | And that would n't have occurred that weekend on the Ropewalk if there 'd have been a proper programme , of empty emptying gullies . |
| 12 | Had I just seen the DOS version , I 'd have been a little niggled about some of the design parameters , but very impressed at the functionality , with an overall favourable opinion . |
| 13 | If he 'd been alive when Robert kicked up all that riot and rumpus , there 'd have been a different story , I can tell you . ’ |
| 14 | If Charlie had triggered it there 'd have been a big back-up of propaganda and so on . |
| 15 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 16 | There would have been no action and there 'd have been a nice plan on the table and I sincerely believe that but for general management we would have lost the opportunity to ( a ) have got the money , and ( b ) got the clinic built before people could actually realise what was happening and there 's been other instances of that . |
| 17 | She 'd have been a lovely ! |
| 18 | If it had n't of been for the war I 'd have been a model ! |
| 19 | Another footprint would 've been a shock , a threat . |
| 20 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ There would 've been a riot . ’ |
| 22 | And that would 've been a little unwieldy , would n't it ? |
| 23 | In other words , if the bloke had n't have got back there would 've been a f a total impact . |
| 24 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
| 25 | No one would 've eaten anything and my party would 've been a flop . ’ |
| 26 | It would 've been a bit dodgy at Wellford Road let alone London Road . |
| 27 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 28 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 29 | In them he took ‘ every opportunity of recommending a rational method of study ’ , and incidentally inculcating his views of sound critical taste ; it would have been a brave student who dared to admire Carlo Maratta , after hearing that he had : |
| 30 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |