Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [not/n't] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground . |
| 2 | ‘ When Gary Fleming got injured I was considering putting Pat on and I would n't have been in the slightest bit worried , ’ he stated . |
| 3 | Fortunately the incident took place during the school holidays , otherwise I would not have been in the garden later in the morning , when a cock started crowing . |
| 4 | She would n't have been at all surprised if she were . |
| 5 | But without her virtue , even if she had been beautiful , she would n't have been worth the weight of her little toe in dross . |
| 6 | As a member of the family , you would n't have been on the list . |
| 7 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 9 | But when a lawyer asserts that A can sue B , what he means is that A can sue B , successfully ; if he meant his words to be taken literally , they would not have been worth the uttering . |
| 10 | On the other hand , it is conceivable that he would not have been in a position to appreciate the differences very clearly . |
| 11 | He would n't have been on this airwell at the time , though . |
| 12 | He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board . |
| 13 | But he 's still involved in the design industry — or he would n't have been at the Olympia exhibition , would he ? ’ |
| 14 | We I wonder how quick they would have got him in though if he would n't have been in a private scheme . |
| 15 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 16 | Should he achieve it , he would n't mind being in the British team at Victoria , in Canada , next year . |
| 17 | ‘ I know that if Ken had had any kind of sexual relationship it would n't have been with anyone he knew well . |
| 18 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 19 | That 's why I have to keep an eye on it cos that blind and that , but it wo n't come yet , it would n't have been on that , that was priced it . |
| 20 | It would not have been in his nature , nor would he have been inclined , to do otherwise … |
| 21 | But it would not have been in the least like that , really . |
| 22 | For if only he could fly free then perhaps this life of hers would not have been in vain . |