Example sentences of "of this would [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 2 | Equally , no purpose would have been served by asking him to approach total strangers in the street , as the mere thought of this would have been so terrifying to the young man that he would probably have given up there and then . |
| 3 | Much of this would have been intended for re-export , rather than directly for consumption , but as half of England 's total exports by this time were re-exports rather than domestic products the commercial community suffered enough of a loss to show why the English had to be far more concerned about command of the sea than any other country except the Netherlands , and also how fragile that command was before 1700 . |
| 4 | None of this would have been possible without the development of a woven artificial grass . |
| 5 | The effect of this would have been to transfer responsibility for venue decisions from the magistrates to the prosecution , while preserving the defendant 's right to opt for jury trial . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot of this would have been different then , ’ he explained . |
| 7 | All of this would have been enjoyable — or at least bearable — without miserable old mother me having the meanest migraine in living memory . |
| 8 | If you had n't come round that night , none of this would have been allowed to happen — ’ |