She would have been sad, if sadness had been possible to her.
If, at that period of her existence, Cosette had fallen in love with a man in the least unscrupulous or debauched, she would have been lost; for there are generous natures which yield themselves, and Cosette was one of them.
If the old woman could have seen him at that moment, she would have been frightened.
She would have been so very old to have had twins before the French Revolution.
Rose scarcely believed in her so much as she would have beenjustified in doing.
She would have been surprised to hear that her attitude, bearing, and expression powerfully recalled those of her reprehensible daughter.
Had Constance known beforehand that he would pay a call, she would have been agonized by apprehensions, but now that he had actually come she was glad he had come.
She would have been judged as one of those women who content themselves with few clothes but good, and, greatly aided by nature, make a little go a long way.
She would have been transfigured by her shining thoughts if any thing could have transfigured her, but no thoughts however bright could pierce through that sad body.
She would have been willing on the crest of her wave of gratefulness quite readily to give up Herr Dremmel in return for the family's immense kindness in not asking her to give him up.
She would have been willing, and indeed found it perfectly natural, to kneel down with her mother and Judith then and there and say prayers together out loud.
She would have been a Rachel Russell, a Mrs. Hutchinson, a Lady Nithisdale, a Madame de Lavalette.
If she could have thought Mary Marchmont mad,--if she could have thought Edward Arundel base, she would have been glad; for then there would have been some excuse for her own wickedness.
She would have been true to herself and to her marriage-vow; but her husband's death, in setting her free, had cast her back upon the madness of her youth.
But meanwhile it was something--she would have been ashamed to own how much--to have someone call her "dear.
She would have been astonished if she had known what an infinitesimal difference she made in their lives.
She would have been forced to make an effort; not to brood and concentrate herself on her misery.
Had she at any time flagged in this work of self-destruction, she would have been brought up again to the line by her mother.
And had this mother done, as she would have been done by in similar circumstances, all would probably have been well still.
But I must close by saying that we think if our sister could have been a patient of yours, she would have been restored to health.
She would have been contented to live on potato-parings could he have been contented to live with her on potatoes.
Nay, she would have been contented to wait, even though that waiting should never have been rewarded, had he given her the privilege of regarding herself as his.
Had there been no such excuse, she would have been forced to act a bridesmaid's part.
Whether, had her life not been devoted so entirely to others, she would have been a noticeable artistic producer it is hard to guess.
Supposing Borrow to have been physically drawn to any woman, she would have been of the Scandinavian type; she would have been what he used to call a Brynhild.
Kate admired, and showed it, such an absence of fear: to the fear of being bored, in such a connection, she would have been so obviously entitled.
She would have been content so to leave it; unless indeed she had said, more familiarly, that Mildred was the biggest impression of her life.
She was more and more content herself to be easy; she would have been resigned, even had it been brought straighter home to her, to passing for a cheap exotic.
She would have been "mortified to death" to have her husband know that she was in that room, eating late suppers and drinking wine, at least, once a week.
He knew well that had she been his wife, she would have been as false to him as she was false to Stefan Brancka.
If he had not dallied with this Delilah, she would have been vile of purpose and of nature in vain.
Even now, if he had preserved his composure and turned on her with a calm challenge, she would have been powerless.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "she would have been" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
