Example sentences of "would [vb infin] been [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure .
2 Probably , at the present day , such service on such request would have raised a promise by implication to pay what it was worth , and the subsequent promise of a sum certain would have been evidence for the jury to fix the amount . ’
3 ( However , Peter Burge , the former Australian batsman who was the ICC 's match referee throughout this series , said afterwards that there would have been time for one over if a wicket had fallen in the same Tufnell over . )
4 I wonder how he would have done in today 's game , do you think there would have been room for him today ?
5 ‘ There would have been stalls for coffee , gingerbread and souvenirs , ’ he said .
6 Nolan regularly rides the horse , Chickweed , that Angela Brickell had care of , and there would have been opportunities for sex at race meetings , like in a horse-box , if he wanted to take the risk .
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