Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 32 | You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years . |
| 33 | morning , but it must 've been alright because er he was going off with David , I said you got tablets for him and she said yeah plenty of stuff for him , anyway , he seemed , he looked alright anyhow |
| 34 | It 's a shame you were n't helping out at Christmas , you 'd 've been able |
| 35 | S : No sitcom ever changed my life — had you said soap opera , it would 've been different . |
| 36 | If I 'd ever done anything — made anything of myself more than a third-rate free-lance — it might 've been different . |
| 37 | Yeah I I think , had they given their side of the argument at the onset , then er things would 've been different . |
| 38 | I think had we managed to stick it together a bit longer , all fifty of us , and just prove to the management that we were n't gon na be starved back to work which seemed to be the way they wanted us to go back , you know because the board had you know escalated , you know I think had we managed to stick it together , certainly the result would 've been different . |
| 39 | I ca n't say what it would 've been , you know what the outcome would 've been but it would 've been different . |
| 40 | And therefore y er in a sense he was , he was acting on the basis of a false premise and therefore the wh sort of the whole set of conclusions he draws could 've been wrong . |
| 41 | ‘ I can see you 've been busy , and , as I said , I congratulate you . |
| 42 | Yeah , because that would 've been ideal . |
| 43 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 44 | If it had happened in a car accident and had been someone else 's fault , perhaps I would 've been bitter . |
| 45 | must 've been frightened , cos he 's never had |
| 46 | You would 've been safe … ’ |
| 47 | It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open . |
| 48 | If , if she had believed the aim to keep it off , I would 've been jealous , but she , she 's not going to find it easy to keep her weight , she 's out here when she 's put back on pound . |
| 49 | I 'd 've been inclined to do that thing on it . |
| 50 | ‘ You must 've been crazy ! ’ she told herself . |
| 51 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |
| 52 | I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK . |
| 53 | That could 've been disasterous . |
| 54 | that so , th that sort of policy would be very , would 've been difficult |
| 55 | Such attempts as we can make are essential . |
| 56 | The regulations which a licensing board may make are concerned with procedure only . |
| 57 | In contrast , the rules of dress or of how we eat are unwritten guides to behaviour . |
| 58 | What is more , many naturally-occurring chemicals are highly toxic : the natural foods we eat are stiff with potentially damaging chemicals — plants , in particular , spike their products with an armoury of defensive substances ( see p 15 ) , fungi on the plants contribute their own toxins , and the bacteria in our gut add to the number we absorb . |
| 59 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 60 | Amongst the flowers that turn a very dark colour when pressed are deep red primulas and auriculas , as well as small orchids . |