Example sentences of "[ex0] would [verb] been [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Hand could not do so for 65 theses , then tracing 550 authors of Scottish geology theses would have been even more daunting , and there would have been difficulties in selecting a statistically valid sub-set for a questionnaire . |
| 2 | Jackals and martens could hardly have lifted the latch and , even if they had found their way in , there would have been signs of a scuffle : dead chickens , scattered feathers . |
| 3 | Surely there would have been signs of porpoise tanks or something of that kind on board , and there was only the diving equipment and the submersible research vehicle . |
| 4 | Had it been in the day time I 'm sure there would have been lives lost for they would n't have stayed in to seen their stuff go under . |
| 5 | There would have been maids than . |
| 6 | There would have been riots if we had let thousands of kids come along like that , ’ said Waterman . |
| 7 | ‘ There would have been stalls for coffee , gingerbread and souvenirs , ’ he said . |
| 8 | There would have been objections if areas of Scotland or Wales had been linked with parts of England for convenience er of this review , but it seems Cornwall once again as a distinct and separate identity , continues to be ignored . |
| 9 | There would have been dances in them . |
| 10 | Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk . |