Example sentences of "would have [be] " in BNC.

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1 Oh , we 'd 've been tête a tête yet
2 She 'd 've been lying on Spanish beaches with her eyes tight shut knowing that every Spanish boy who passed would fancy her .
3 ‘ If it 'd been my missus , I 'd 've been relieved that someone else was taking an interest .
4 I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M
5 You 'd 've been better off to have been booked in here for a good night 's sleep and then driven up the next day but then you 're virtually sort of getting up there turning round and coming back are n't you ?
6 I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that
7 If you 'd have had the ti if you 'd 've been there
8 that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert .
9 I know but I should have thought by now it 'd 've been better .
10 And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do
11 It 's a shame you were n't helping out at Christmas , you 'd 've been able
12 If you 'd 've just switched it on when I come in it 'd 've been totally different .
13 But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it .
14 You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years .
15 You 'd 've been alright if it 'd 've been a mass murderer slept for years .
16 If you 'd 've known then what you knew after you wouldn't 've thought it were funny , you 'd 've not been chucking nowt you 'd 've been off .
17 I 'd 've been inclined to do that thing on it .
18 Erm so in actual fact we 'd 've been there or thereabouts had we not made the budget assumptions that we did .
19 I mean I I 'd having been these comments and yes there are a couple of extra points put in there I think that that 's fine .
20 She 'd have been too far gone to hear .
21 You 'd have been born in Ireland if things , history and all had been different . ’
22 ‘ She 'd have been better with someone nearer her own age , ’ the old woman murmured to herself .
23 ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said .
24 She 'd have been given help by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and her costs would have been minimal .
25 Much more of that and we 'd have been making a block transfer to the Betty Ford clinic .
26 If he was a bit deadlier in the balls he 'd have been world champion . ’
27 ‘ No one in particular , but I thought she 'd have been better off with a chap of her own age who would have wanted her to carry on where she was .
28 I 'm not sure Hawick was right for her and I 'd have been sorry to lose her , but that 's beside the point .
29 I 'd have been glad to give a wee helping hand there myself , and I 'm sure one was needed . ’
30 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 .
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