Example sentences of "[ex0] would [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You come and watch me cutting the grass , " Quentin suggested , but the twins shook their heads , not understanding because such a long time had passed since there 'd last been grass-cutting . |
| 2 | If only he 'd been able to finish off the plastic swan and the weeping-kid picture there 'd have been some hope for the flat . |
| 3 | If she 'd fought the rape there 'd have been skin from her attacker under the fingernails . |
| 4 | ‘ If you had n't bumped that sodding Angel there 'd have been another murder this afternoon , ’ said Perdita sulkily . |
| 5 | Then when we come back to stand down , we came back to Tolbertstead well we was in Tolbertstead so the Tolbertstead canteen staff got some hot prepared some hot drinks and so when we come back we was able to have a hot drink and erm it was the duty of er the sergeants to see that the rifles were empty free , no am no , there was n't er there was n't one up the spout , one bullet left in the , in the rifle and er Sergeant , the barber , was checking our rifles anyway he , he was check , check , check , check and er alright he mischecked one and pulled the trigger and there was a bullet through the roof in the , in the he was holding it up or otherwise there 'd have been somebody on the floor but er he , he missed this one bullet through the canteen roof . |
| 6 | ‘ If she 'd stuck to the patterns , ’ said my mother , ‘ there 'd have been no need , but Cynthia had to fiddle with them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At least there 'd have been no doubt about our ability to pay . |
| 8 | Not a word of this before , not a hint ; surely there 'd have been a hint , a nod , a wink ? |
| 9 | ‘ No , and if it was the shot that killed Sabine Jourdain there 'd have been blood in the lounge . |
| 10 | ‘ In that case there 'd have been blood on the ground , ’ Melissa pointed out . |
| 11 | And that would n't have occurred that weekend on the Ropewalk if there 'd have been a proper programme , of empty emptying gullies . |
| 12 | There 'd have been no improvement . |
| 13 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |
| 14 | There 'd have been no comebacks for the station . |
| 15 | If he 'd been alive when Robert kicked up all that riot and rumpus , there 'd have been a different story , I can tell you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It could n't possibly have been Eddie who impersonated Delia and anyway there 'd have been no point when she lives in the same house as Angy . ’ |
| 17 | Max said there 'd have been buckets of blood , and if someone 's going to get it all over a suit , or a dress … |
| 18 | There would have been no action and there 'd have been a nice plan on the table and I sincerely believe that but for general management we would have lost the opportunity to ( a ) have got the money , and ( b ) got the clinic built before people could actually realise what was happening and there 's been other instances of that . |
| 19 | There 'd have been ten , maybe ten coopers . |
| 20 | We thought there 'd have been some response |
| 21 | To my mum , you know she 's passed , you 're daft , but there 'd have been so much hassle for me to get there ! |
| 22 | ‘ There would 've been a riot . ’ |
| 23 | But there would 've been nobody would have stolen bodies here though . |
| 24 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 25 | Had that principle ruled post-war planning , there would have been no new towns . |
| 26 | Equally , had county councils shown greater vision , more smaller settlements would have been built , and there would have been less urban sprawl , less despoliation of county towns , and fewer hideous spec-building estates on the fringes of attractive old villages . |
| 27 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 28 | Had the King simply accepted MacDonald 's resignation , either there would have been no National Government , or , if there had been , it would not have been led by MacDonald . |
| 29 | There would have been no sound down there but the sibilant trickle of water . |
| 30 | There would have been no trouble about marketing , as the Bajaur heroin processors obligingly collect the opium from the farm . |