Example sentences of "have [be] a different " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It would have been a different story if the brewery had done the earlier repairs . ’ |
2 | It would have been a different story if they 'd had to find the key money for the flat themselves . |
3 | But 1940 would surely have been a different tale , if 1937 and 1938 were anything to go by . |
4 | Had Hagi played for Dinamo Bucharest , whose future is now in doubt because of its links with the notorious security police , Securitate , it might have been a different matter . |
5 | It might have been a different person . |
6 | Had either realized her knack of manipulating it might have been a different story , but Sarah never allowed her determination to show . |
7 | Without him it would have been a different car . ’ |
8 | It would have been a different matter at Oxford Circus , say . |
9 | It would have been a different matter if they had let him write his own account of what he had found at the Foinmen . |
10 | At least that was what Steven thought he had shouted ; it might have been a different number , but it was something like that . |
11 | 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 . ’ |
12 | If they had been , it might have been a different story , for Owen himself only carried arms when he had reason to believe he might need them . |
13 | It would have been a different matter if you had been a permanent assistant in the practice . |
14 | If one of these had gone in it could have been a different story . |
15 | However the front end of the Ballymena triple failed to produce the same consistency in the second half of the game , otherwise it may well have been a different story . |
16 | If he had denied it , and we later proved he had been on the moat , then it would have been a different matter . ’ |
17 | It would have been a different story 30-plus years ago when John was a professional , playing in the First Division for Luton Town at soccer shrines like Old Trafford and Anfield . |