Example sentences of "would have been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have been born in Ireland if things , history and all had been different . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If it had n't been for Anna , she 'd have been gone at sunrise . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'd have been gone by now , sir , but the little devil 's been playing us up . |
| 5 | She 'd have been lost without you . ’ |
| 6 | And I must say I 'd have been lost without her . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Or they should have sold you to some terrible household where you 'd have been treated like a dog . |
| 8 | Had there been any butterflies around they 'd have been stacked above his head three layers high , all waiting for a chance to land … |
| 9 | It would have depended on which hospital he 'd have been sent to . |
| 10 | He 'd have been retired by now on a modest pension leading a life of genteel poverty in Brighton or Torquay . |
| 11 | You 'd have been crushed to a point . |
| 12 | I 'd have been taken to a guardroom and asked to explain myself . " |
| 13 | He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’ |
| 14 | If there were any monsters with tentacles and teeth , they 'd have been overwhelmed by sheer force of nome . |
| 15 | He felt sure he 'd have been told of it at literary do 's if she was really ill . |
| 16 | No , no it was very much a green field area , and I think if they 'd have wanted to get bomb anywhere they 'd have been directed at Castle Bromwich , which were very much they were building Lancasters and Sterlings and they were very much the heart of the British bomber industry . |
| 17 | ‘ Ted would 've been lost without me , ’ he boasted . |
| 18 | ( This is consistent with the existence of the 14-km-wide Lappajârvi crater in Finland , apparently the result of an impactor of carbonaceous chondritic composition ; this crater would have been excavated by a carbonaceous asteroid 1km in diameter . ) |
| 19 | It is about 100 km diameter , and making reasonable assumptions about the impact speed would have been excavated by a rocky body about 10 to 20 km diameter . |
| 20 | If usury was wrong in itself then the Israelites would have been prohibited from charging interest on any funds lent , not just funds lent to fellow Jews . |
| 21 | The columns which they carry on their backs have more fluting than a respectable column would accept and the Corinthian capitals have swirls and squiggles that would have been prohibited in Corinth . |
| 22 | If the European Court of Human Rights had confirmed the view of the Commission , changes in the law would have been called for , at least so as to allow for alteration of all relevant documentation . |
| 23 | Frankly , I 'd only have needed to brush my hand against my trouser zip before security guards would have been called for . |
| 24 | This was a case for which a substantial punishment was called for , and in the absence of a plea of guilty , a sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) of at least two years would have been called for . |
| 25 | If Kelly 's fall had happened on a racecourse , she would have been sidelined as a matter of course . |
| 26 | However , but for the work of Country Houses Association many would have been lost to the nation . |
| 27 | However , it is fair to say that much would have been lost to the county if they did not exist . |
| 28 | However , but for the work of Country Houses Association many would have been lost to the nation . |
| 29 | Owen would have told the man to run on but without him he would have been lost at once . |
| 30 | 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 . |