Example sentences of "it would not [verb] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it seems to mean is that if this pump had been required in an emergency , it would not have been immediately available and although , after a lifetime in industry , I know that such errors and failure can and do happen , there is really no room for such occurrences in nuclear generation . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps if they had got at Sir Oswald it would not have been so jolly , ’ Sir Patrick said acidly . |
| 3 | It would not have been so light a thing to her if Hotspur had been among those dour-faced lordlings clattering through the streets of Shrewsbury with their shame . |
| 4 | But for the excellence of Loppe and his sugar-master , it would not have been very satisfactory . |
| 5 | Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all . |