Example sentences of "[noun] would have [vb pp] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angel 's parents would have taken poor lonely Tess to their hearts immediately , as they did every other lost soul , without thought of family or education or wealth . |
| 2 | England would have had six existing internationals in the team but Kevin Stamp was accidently hit in the mouth by a stick at the training weekend and has withdrawn . |
| 3 | The most important buildings would have had red hand-made tiles on the roof and for this reason , the region became known as Rottwil ( red villa ) . |
| 4 | The sun was shining this time , but Alyssia would have remembered that little house anywhere . |
| 5 | Dropping version 2 of OSF/1 would have left those on-going developments undeployable . |
| 6 | Two ‘ Green Bush ’ bush marrow plants would have provided enough decent-sized marrows for our needs , while it looks as if my two courgette plants probably wo n't give enough fruit to justify their considerable demand on space in the plot . |
| 7 | The move would have boosted rock-bottom Tory morale just in time for their conference next week . |
| 8 | It may be standard practice in France for one state enterprise to give to another large sums of money when one of them is in financial trouble ; but it is doubtful whether private undertakings would have considered this particular transaction as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 9 | Sadat was shocked ; later he told his wife that he could not believe that the Shah would have allowed any foreign power such influence over his country 's affairs . |
| 10 | Announcing its decision , the Department of Environment said it had responded to three main criticisms : i ) the register would have listed all potential , not necessarily actual , contaminated sites , since it included all locations where specified industries had been sited ; ii ) sites would not be removed from the register , even if after clean-up ; iii ) there was no specific provision for determining who should bear the liability , and the costs , of the clean-up . |
| 11 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 12 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 13 | The Proudies would have detested this democratic delegation and abhorred Bishop John 's preference for a black shirt rather than a purple shirt — he wears black ‘ because it helps me to feel a colleague among the clergy ’ . |
| 14 | What was arresting was n't what they were saying : minimal prompting would have elicited numerous similar testimonials to Bobby Charlton 's qualities as an Englishman , an athlete , walker-on-water , inter-galactic being , ambassador and father . |
| 15 | Such a decision would have had considerable economic and political consequences as the plant employed 6,000 workers in a state where unemployment was already high , at 6.3 per cent . |
| 16 | The Russians would have removed any possible clues from the suite by now . |
| 17 | However , had the last element in p been other than 4 , the three pairs of equations would have given three different answers . |
| 18 | Normally the thought would have made timid little Miss Fogerty quail . |
| 19 | A rudimentary version of such a skill in ancestral mammals would have provided ample raw material for natural selection to build upon , leading up by gradual degrees to the high perfection of bats . |
| 20 | It seems that polled cattle existed in Ireland long , long before any invaders would have introduced polled Scandinavian cattle , though it is tempting to assume that polled cattle , especially if they are colour-sided or dun , have Scandinavian origins . |
| 21 | The three children would have needed three different teacher-trainers . |
| 22 | Normally Sally-Anne would have rejected such molly-coddling , but she did feel dreadfully cold , and said so to Dr Neil who said quietly , ‘ It is the usual consequence of shock , McAllister , and for some reason you were suddenly very shocked . |
| 23 | There was no expectation then , as there is now , that an FRS would have made any distinctive and weighty contribution to the experimental or theoretical sciences . |
| 24 | The north wing of the school would have made three extra units , but as it was rented out to the health club , the new owners decided to maintain this arrangement . |
| 25 | More detailed questioning might have revealed whether the soldier 's discourse would have taken this argumentative tack . |
| 26 | ‘ The enterprise of the Leeds City management in securing Speirs would have staggered those responsible for the club a few years ago , ’ observed the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 27 | There 's no way you could have kept him hidden for this long , and Moshe-Rabaan would have noticed any excess oxygen usage , so he 's a simularity , right ? ’ |