Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [been] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings on either side would have been for the slaves and workshops , the bath-house and latrines . |
| 2 | Had she been so , then last night 's work would have been for naught . |
| 3 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |
| 4 | Alternatively , if the company fell on hard times , the instrument took on not only a debt , but a highly onerous debt feature when the company 's need would have been for equity . |
| 5 | The procedure would have been for the pilot to pull a handle , situated between his legs , which jettisoned the canopy while activating a rocket that fired his seat and that of his navigator clear of the plane . |
| 6 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 7 | In such cases virtually the whole award would have been for pain and suffering . |
| 8 | The better approach would have been for the company to insist that an express term was inserted into the contract to the effect that the computer to be acquired must be compatible with the existing equipment . |
| 9 | He might not even be there and the whole thing would have been for nothing and all he would have got out of it would have been kicks . |
| 10 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 11 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 12 | The friend said : ‘ The ideal solution would have been for Camilla to break off with Andrew , but it never happened . |