Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [been] [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 It was a clear hour after Bissett would normally have been at his desk .
2 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 .
3 If his father had lived he would now have been in his sixtieth year .
4 His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants .
5 His position within the duchy had brought him the support of men who would otherwise have been outside his sphere of influence , as well as making him the better lord for his own servants .
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