Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] [verb] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge . |
| 2 | ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if we had won at Torquay , ’ said Corden , ‘ but it was a diabolical performance and we felt something had to be done . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Gray would still have been in a job if Darlington had won at Torquay . ’ |
| 4 | Despite his personal trauma , his professionalism would never have been in question — if it had n't been for the drink and drugs . |
| 5 | Certainly er by then perhaps I forgot to mention as we went through the front door my weapon was already out of the holster and by the time we 'd got the bedroom door my weapon would already have been under er my eye level , hence literally aiming the weapon and from there the gun was out , my arm was out , whether I still had hold of P C I I ca n't recall . |
| 6 | Any landowners who had been successful in this kind of enterprise would certainly have been of immediate interest to Paulus in his search for enemies of the State , as exploiters of pagan superstition . |
| 7 | It was ‘ abundantly clear that the byelaw maker , if he had appreciated the limitation on his powers , would both at Greenham Common and at Fylingdales nevertheless have gone on to make the bylaws in such a way that the proviso to section 14(1) was given effect but all the world save commoners would still have been within their ambit ’ . |
| 8 | Jesus would hardly have been in a position to carry out this miracle of healing . |
| 9 | ( If mortality rates for the age group 20–24 could have been calculated , the nadir would probably have been in that age class ) . |
| 10 | It was a clear hour after Bissett would normally have been at his desk . |
| 11 | On the particular afternoon to which I am referring , his lordship would still have been in his mid-fifties ; but as I recall , his hair had greyed entirely and his tall slender figure already bore signs of the stoop that was to become so pronounced in his last years . |
| 12 | Besides , Mr Ramaphosa 's claim that the negotiations would otherwise have been on the threshold of a breakthrough is questionable . |