Example sentences of "would [verb] [be] on [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | erm , you know , with preparation beforehand I would normally have , have realized that , and anything else would 've been on top of it . |
2 | Normally , the pilot would have been on board before the ship ran aground 100 yards off the Tower of Hercules navigation light . |
3 | If we sort of reverse things in our minds eye , and look backwards into the past history of the universe , we can come to a time where apparently all the material in the universe would have been on top of itself , that it would all have been squeezed into a point , and this moment sometimes people call the big bang , or the initial singularity . |
4 | There had also been personal prejudice against the three men who would have been on trial . |
5 | ‘ But here we are , drinking wine sitting on a bed that in former times would have been on fire by now . ’ |
6 | As I understood er Mr 's position , he would have been on behalf of the Parish Council who are the only er people who are concerned about this as I understand , who raised an objection at this er at this stage they they would have been quite happy with the proposition that I 've put forward on behalf of the County Council . |