Example sentences of "would have been [adj] [verb] for " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 For Edgar Bronfman and Ivan Straker , however , it would have been just reward for their assistance , to the race .
2 She went , moving like a sleepwalker past Ned O'Mara , who might even be in love with her , past the ginger-haired barmaid who would have been happy to settle for Ned and therefore hated her , past the mousy-haired barmaid who had a good man of her own and could therefore afford to pity her .
3 Limping down that glossy road , the yellow brick road to my fantasy land of the past , I was consumed with an expectation which would have been delightful save for the physical effect of breathlessness .
4 True the £24,500 was never paid , bar the £1,800-odd , but , despite the receipt clause , Mr. Steed would have been entitled to sue for the outstanding sum .
5 The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title .
  Next page