Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] would [vb infin] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transport is also better , with the airport considerably closer than say it would have been in Manchester . |
| 2 | ‘ I would have thought they would have been in contact by now , ’ said secretary David Bowen . |
| 3 | As a schoolboy it was thought he would have been in line for an International cap had the war not prevented all that . |
| 4 | I 'm sure sh you know she would have been in dire trouble er only for my mother having seen her limping that day , but that 's the sort of thing she would do . |
| 5 | ‘ If any courses were run they would have been for trained staff like enrolled or staff nurses . |
| 6 | Sunderland defender Terry Butcher admitted : ‘ If Derby had scored it would have been like the Alamo . |
| 7 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I wonder if he hit the floor … if he did it would have been on his head . |
| 9 | Some would say it would have been worth it if only to gain some insight into the arcane workings of SCOTVEC . |