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 .
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