Example sentences of "he would have [been] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have depended on which hospital he 'd have been sent to . |
| 2 | Indeed , if any one of them had killed a cat , even in these special circumstances , he would have been put to death for it . |
| 3 | ( As an American he would have been used to ‘ collections ’ being taken up during the service . |
| 4 | Even in the case of a regular wage-earner or salaried employee , there might be complications ; for example , the plaintiff might claim that he would have been promoted to a more remunerative post ( in which case the court must assess his prospects of promotion and award damages accordingly ) or the defendant may claim that the plaintiff 's employer had suffered severe business setbacks that necessitated redundancies and that the plaintiff would have lost his employment ( in which case the court must consider all the circumstances and award as damages what it estimates to have been the plaintiff 's net loss ) . |
| 5 | He would have been sliced to pieces by the fans down there . ’ |