Example sentences of "would have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would 've been all fat there once , and a baby growing inside of her . |
| 2 | I should 've said that to Marie — I reckon that would 've been OK . |
| 3 | It 's lucky I was n't in the water then floating , cos that would 've been dangerous with that boat going past . |
| 4 | It would 've been awful if they 'd found my things in the car . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | If he 'd been convinced , he would 've been the first to nab the Cap'n . |
| 7 | In any other house this would 've been normal , but in theirs it was eerie , unnatural . |
| 8 | Stopping would 've been like looking away from a hypnotist 's swinging silver watch . |
| 9 | Another footprint would 've been a shock , a threat . |
| 10 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 11 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 12 | S : No sitcom ever changed my life — had you said soap opera , it would 've been different . |
| 13 | If it had happened in a car accident and had been someone else 's fault , perhaps I would 've been bitter . |
| 14 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 15 | ‘ There would 've been a riot . ’ |
| 16 | Offering Encina as a single OLTP environment offering on the RS/6000 would 've been better , argues Data Logic , as 90% of Encina is in the CICS/6000 product in any case — CICS/6000 sits on top of the Encina toolkits — and only the monitor that is different . |
| 17 | With up to 8Mb on the motherboard there probably is n't any need for expansion if the machine is used solely as a network station , but it would 've been nice to find a PCMCIA slot for something like a modem . |
| 18 | Hadst thou only purloined Issue 80 thy poster would 've been complete ! |
| 19 | And that would 've been a little unwieldy , would n't it ? |
| 20 | It would 've been easier if I got into dealing again , but I ca n't afford any more heavy scenes with the law . |
| 21 | To headline that , mate , would 've been the tops . |
| 22 | I had a very strong idea of what I wanted , even through I had plenty of photos : I knew exactly the kind of movements I was looking for , I 'm glad we did it in two — I do n't think the cricketer would 've been very keen to do it again ! ’ |
| 23 | In other words , if the bloke had n't have got back there would 've been a f a total impact . |
| 24 | It would 've been cosine . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , she would 've been . ’ |
| 26 | Er where would with er would 've been a front room that was another house . |
| 27 | I could have stayed at Street till I was fourteen , I could have stayed at Street until I was fourteen , and then you would 've been out . |
| 28 | You would 've been safe … ’ |
| 29 | No one would 've eaten anything and my party would 've been a flop . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Ted would 've been lost without me , ’ he boasted . |