Example sentences of "[noun pl] they would have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd been painting shadows they 'd have been blue or grey , but real shadows are n't nearly so simple ! ’ |
| 2 | Free from the forests and swamps of the lowlands they would have been the most healthy as well as the most defensible homesteads for prehistoric man . |
| 3 | So in other words they should be paid the salaries they would have been got getting in whatever their other line of work would have been , rather than special rates of the job of an M P . |
| 4 | You should have told the police they 'd have been interested . |
| 5 | Their bloody tongues they 'd have been , they 'd have been as thick as these tables by end of day . |
| 6 | If the plaintiffs had refused to pay the illegal fees for a permit to run their vehicles they would have been at risk of having their vehicles seized and their business disrupted . |