Example sentences of "would [vb infin] been [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two carriages took the Bradford family to early morning service , though it would have been no distance for them to walk . |
| 2 | said the performance of the Courtaulds staff was outstanding and , had the emergency been real , there would have been no consequences for the general public or the environment . |
| 3 | In the confusion of 1945 and ‘ 46 , there would have been no means for her to trace him . |
| 4 | Mr Manwaring would have been no match for the fit 25-year-old van driver , who boxed and played badminton , said prosecution . |
| 5 | There would have been no need for the action we have taken had you been reasonable . |
| 6 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 7 | ‘ If only I 'd known the truth about you , Shiona , there would have been no need for me to keep running away from my feelings for you . |
| 8 | There would have been no need for the clumsy intervention of verbal explanations . |
| 9 | There would have been no time for another member of the crew to try to take over the controls . |
| 10 | It would have been a problem for me if the bloody sergeant had come along and seen me drinking beer or seen that bottle beside me . |
| 11 | That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever . |
| 12 | If one of them took it it would have been a goal for certain . |
| 13 | Without your help I would have been a frog for ever . |
| 14 | The appeasement myth was right in this respect : Halifax would have been a disaster for Britain . |
| 15 | There would have been a time for such a word . |
| 16 | The way we played when beating Leicester at Filbert , we would have been a match for any side , including Villa . ’ |
| 17 | Had the yacht not lost her mast during one of the Lymington autumn series races last year , she would have been a contender for top boat . |
| 18 | He was a quiet baby , watchful , with a stillness about him which , if he had not been able to crawl and stand and almost walk , would have been a cause for concern . |
| 19 | ‘ It would have been a tragedy for Hampshire if the Watercress Line had to close , ’ Mr. Dean continued . |
| 20 | The sight of any other teacher dripping with water and with a bucket over her head would have been an occasion for great mirth among the pupils , but absolutely nothing could diminish Miss Hardbroom 's power . |
| 21 | What would have been the consequences for you had you been prosecuted ? |
| 22 | This , rather than Inch Keith or Scalpay , would have been the island for Johnson . |
| 23 | I would have been the scapegoat for anything bad they wrote afterwards . |
| 24 | If he had said , ‘ You need me , ’ then that would have been the end for him . |