Example sentences of "he would have be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | There is simply no way he would have been accepted for training in our Church — and that is perhaps a tragedy . |
3 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
4 | Had he not opened his mouth , he would have been done for dumb insolence . |
5 | It was bad enough trying to get to a classroom and he knew if he had explored the corridors he would have been lost for certain . |
6 | I tried to persuade him that things could n't be so bad as the French paper made out or he would have been wired for . |
7 | Had it been out on the public streets he would have been arrested for a breach of the peace . |
8 | In real life he would have been sued for millions and his story turned into a mini-series , but it 's nice to dream . |