Example sentences of "[noun] that would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had functioned in the community , not just in his family up until … you know , with a lung function that would have kept a lot of people in bed , and he was reading , writing — he had published an article shortly before his hospitalization , and he was a very forceful fellow . |
| 2 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |
| 3 | We now propose a council tax that would have produced a bill this year of £617 . |
| 4 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 5 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 6 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 7 | Kersey 's face split into a grin that would have intimidated a gorilla . |
| 8 | Only then did the American boy notice his extraordinarily long curling fingernails , the mark of a high-ranking courtier that would have made a Western-style handshake awkward and discomfiting for both parties . |
| 9 | Certainly they were all rooting for him and just as certainly Harvey responded , and he did things that night that would have attracted a talent scout from the Bolshoi . |
| 10 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 11 | Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant . |
| 12 | Jackie took a swallow that would have washed a hog out of his pen . |
| 13 | He took a pinch of snuff that would have fired a cannon . |
| 14 | He clasped her about the waist , she pushed him away with a gesture that would have felled a man . |
| 15 | Roy Cohn , twenty-seven , with a legal background , was the more serious of the two , with an unappealing scowl and an arrogance that would have befitted a crown prince of Prussia . |
| 16 | I smiled back in a half-witted way that would have terrified a woman of less spirit . |
| 17 | The poison was not given to the Indians in massive doses that would have provoked a reaction , but was administered drop by drop , until it brought about the loss of personality . |
| 18 | Some women had stockingsful of stones that would have felled a bullock . |