Example sentences of "would [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 31 | If only he 'd been able to finish off the plastic swan and the weeping-kid picture there 'd have been some hope for the flat . |
| 32 | He felt sure he 'd have been told of it at literary do 's if she was really ill . |
| 33 | He was only about Nigel 's age , which meant that he 'd have been a toddler then . |
| 34 | But if Bobby wanted to get in on it now , he 'd have been turned away at the door : the elitists would have laughed at him for being in an indie band and ‘ Loaded ’ might never have been produced . |
| 35 | ‘ He 'd have been an interesting man , ’ he said to Florence Ames . |
| 36 | If we 'd left it to the day we 'd have been sunk ! |
| 37 | Had he succeeded , Ireland might have been annexed to France , though , mind you , we 'd have been no better off than under England . |
| 38 | He 'd have been dead in a very few minutes . |
| 39 | If gazing could gobble you up , she 'd have been picked clean . |
| 40 | If it were not for the fact that he was one of the favourites you 'd have been delighted but as a Gold Cup winner I had to feel a bit disappointed . |
| 41 | We played dominoes with an old boy and his wife ; she was eighty , and if you 'd seen her puffing cigarettes and drinking strong ale , you 'd have been as dumbfounded as I was . |
| 42 | If the children had been with us they 'd have been in the disco , fortunately soundproofed , every night . |
| 43 | I reckon I 'd have been better off with them , they do n't try to hang one on you … |
| 44 | If she 'd fought the rape there 'd have been skin from her attacker under the fingernails . |
| 45 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 46 | In fact he 'd have been happy with a five . |
| 47 | I think one thing that blindfolded us a bit was the fact that the river was in spate at the time and if she had fallen in she 'd have been washed out to sea . |
| 48 | I 'd have been in it and in those bars in Gibraltar giving it the big lips by last night . ’ |
| 49 | He would be in as much danger as me because if he shouted across to me , he 'd have been done for idling his time and gossiping . |
| 50 | If the sergeant had caught you there , you 'd have been in trouble because you were n't flogging the beat . |
| 51 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
| 52 | He 'd have been ever so proud ! |
| 53 | You 'd have been on the streets , girl , that 's where you 'd 'ave been . ’ |
| 54 | The whole glass and she 'd have been climbing the walls — just how you like — ’ |
| 55 | I doubt I 'd have been able to hear anything from the gallery . ’ |
| 56 | The EST freak , Boyd , said , as he took off his trousers and shook his penis at me , ‘ If I were n't white and middle class I 'd have been in Pyke 's show now . |
| 57 | ‘ If you had n't bumped that sodding Angel there 'd have been another murder this afternoon , ’ said Perdita sulkily . |
| 58 | Nina Myskow was on the show — wish we 'd have been together , we bounce off each other so well . |
| 59 | She married into the worst of Mother 's years , whereas I had the best , and I wonder if I 'd have been as unselfish as Lynda . |
| 60 | ‘ Even though we wanted to go along to the studio , we kept well away from the remixes because we 'd have been ‘ Oooh do n't take that out , do n't change this ’ . |