Example sentences of "she would have [been] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A century ago she would have been sent abroad to govern India or Ireland . |
| 2 | A few weeks ago she would have been looking forward to the show , but it had all fallen flat and she had to scold herself severely before she could whip up any enthusiasm at all . |
| 3 | Obviously no expense was being spared to make the night a success , and in different circumstances she would have been looking forward to it , but now , as silence settled over the car , she could feel herself growing tense . |
| 4 | She would have been held personally responsible and would almost certainly have fallen from office . |
| 5 | And I 'll tell you something more : it would have been hidden up , as many another 's been , an' she would have been dumped somewhere , or found in the canal , but one of the lasses that found her had a screaming fit and ran out into the street , went barmy , they said , yelling , ‘ She 's hung herself ! |