If you say what is ~ the case, you are saying what is normally the case.
The streets would ~ have been full of people. There was no one...
...places where the patient does not ~ go.
= normally
ADV: usu ADV with cl, also ADV adj, ADV before v
If you say what is ~ the case, you are saying what is normally the case.
The streets would ~ have been full of people. There was no one...
...places where the patient does not ~ go.
= normally
ADV: usu ADV with cl, also ADV adj, ADV before v
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012