Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [been] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus would hardly have been in a position to carry out this miracle of healing . |
| 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 | He had no idea what he was going to do and if the crow had ignored hid he would probably have been at a loss . |
| 5 | If he had , he supposed that he would now have been in a much better position to help Celia , would have had a better understanding of what sometimes happened after giving birth . |
| 6 | For my part I think that there is abundant evidence which would have justified this court in substituting findings that Miss T. was not in a physical or mental condition which enabled her to reach a decision binding on the medical authorities and that even if , contrary to that view , she would otherwise have been in a position to reach such a decision , the influence of her mother was such as to vitiate the decision which she expressed . |
| 7 | Since the conditions applied are almost certainly too restrictive ( the project may well have sustained somewhat more than four to five clients per week who would otherwise have been in an institution ) the total annual sum saved is almost certainly nearer £24,000 — £26,000 . |
| 8 | Otherwise , ’ she added , looking across at him , ‘ I would never have been in a boat alone , would I ? |