Example sentences of "that would have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would 've been good . |
| 2 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 3 | Yeah , because that would 've been ideal . |
| 4 | I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK . |
| 5 | That would have been impossible for the Shah . |
| 6 | She would have liked to stay longer , but realised that would have been greedy . |
| 7 | We could have just done the place over and that would have been that . |
| 8 | Yeah , and then you had three and then you made one and to there , and that would have been right . |
| 9 | My inclination was to decline , but as that would have been discourteous in the extreme to Wilson , for whom I then had enormous respect , I agreed to see him . |
| 10 | Erm that would have been much much quicker if they 'd bothered and organized them but they had n't organized anything . |
| 11 | In 1960 ( say the official records ) two people committed suicide in Greenland ; that would have been six per 100,000 . |
| 12 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
| 13 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 14 | If I had been fishing that section of the drain from the other bank , as I usually do , that would have been one of the swims where I would have expected to get a run or two . |
| 15 | Twenty-one years ago that would have been inconceivable . |
| 16 | Nor did it provide the detailed information on local labour markets , particularly at the occupational level , that would have been necessary to make a fuller judgement . |
| 17 | ‘ And that would have been ironic , would n't it , now he 's been posted back to HQ . |
| 18 | That would have been cruel comfort . ’ |
| 19 | That would have been absurd because the word , ‘ converts , ’ itself implied that the bailee had done something with the bailed goods which was not authorised by the terms of the bailment . |
| 20 | ‘ That would have been nice if the customs had asked me to open it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm glad he was n't being a hero , that would have been stupid , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Not out of the cottage — that would have been pointless , because Doyle barred the way — but back into the kitchen . |
| 23 | That would have been normal , surely ; more normal than this chill she felt . |
| 24 | ‘ To have blown them after all that would have been awful . ’ |
| 25 | I mean it could have been different it could have got out of control and then everybody would have turned and pointed a finger and that would have been awful . |
| 26 | I do n't think that would have been possible if our marriage were not such an ‘ equal terms ’ partnership' . |
| 27 | ( Though that would have been late , late , late . ) |
| 28 | But that would have been worse , she thought , desperately trying to produce some lining to a cloud that hung heavy and black over her . |
| 29 | That would have been good for Britain , for employment , for British Airways , for British Aerospace and for Rolls-Royce . |
| 30 | Perhaps you could play along and pretend they were you know that would have been good you could pretend that you were sort of erm I I erm er er Christie Brinkley . |