Example sentences of "would have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd have been too far gone to hear . |
| 2 | You 'd have been born in Ireland if things , history and all had been different . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She 'd have been better with someone nearer her own age , ’ the old woman murmured to herself . |
| 4 | ‘ If it had been a different time you 'd have been a doctor or an engineer , ’ Rose said . |
| 5 | She 'd have been given help by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and her costs would have been minimal . |
| 6 | Much more of that and we 'd have been making a block transfer to the Betty Ford clinic . |
| 7 | If he was a bit deadlier in the balls he 'd have been world champion . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure Hawick was right for her and I 'd have been sorry to lose her , but that 's beside the point . |
| 10 | I 'd have been glad to give a wee helping hand there myself , and I 'm sure one was needed . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He felt sure he 'd have been told of it at literary do 's if she was really ill . |
| 13 | He was only about Nigel 's age , which meant that he 'd have been a toddler then . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd have been an interesting man , ’ he said to Florence Ames . |
| 16 | If we 'd left it to the day we 'd have been sunk ! |
| 17 | Had he succeeded , Ireland might have been annexed to France , though , mind you , we 'd have been no better off than under England . |
| 18 | He 'd have been dead in a very few minutes . |
| 19 | If gazing could gobble you up , she 'd have been picked clean . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If the children had been with us they 'd have been in the disco , fortunately soundproofed , every night . |
| 23 | I reckon I 'd have been better off with them , they do n't try to hang one on you … |
| 24 | If she 'd fought the rape there 'd have been skin from her attacker under the fingernails . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In fact he 'd have been happy with a five . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I 'd have been in it and in those bars in Gibraltar giving it the big lips by last night . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If the sergeant had caught you there , you 'd have been in trouble because you were n't flogging the beat . |