Example sentences of "[pron] would have [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Faith had been here , ’ Alida Thorne said , biting daintily into a scone , ‘ I would have asked her advice . |
| 2 | I would have cut my throat rather than grow up to be like my Mam . |
| 3 | ‘ Had I been big enough at the time , I would have beaten his ass but I was n't . |
| 4 | ‘ It would have been another 17 or 18 years before we could have had this vote again and I would have lost my chance . ’ |
| 5 | But Heller himself signed , like most people , ‘ because otherwise I would have lost my job , ’ he recalls frankly . |
| 6 | After de Raimes sacked Tracy he kept us in a dungeon for three months until Alice was forced to become his mistress , and had it not been for Edmund I would have lost my mind . ’ |
| 7 | Quite apart from the fact that no one in their right mind would nickname that woman ‘ Sexy ’ , I would have recognised her voice . |
| 8 | I would have staked my life on what I called my ‘ gut feeling ’ that he was — and even in my mother 's terms — a thoroughly nice man . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have said our separation was about as permanent as you can get ! ’ |
| 10 | You , my comrade in arms , my friend for whom I would have given my life . ’ |
| 11 | She had the translucent skin of the very ancient and I would have guessed her age at not far from ninety . |
| 12 | Now I would have stood my ground , I was n't a dog to be sent running hither and thither , but Benjamin added his plea with his eyes . |
| 13 | I would have kept my presence of mind if the mouse , disturbed by all the commotion , had n't actually jumped into my welly . |
| 14 | I would have sent my complaint to NIR management , but the obvious lack of concern by NIR staff seems to stem from top management . |
| 15 | And I would have had me tape on . |
| 16 | ‘ If I 'd known , I would have had my pregnancy terminated . ’ |
| 17 | Lili could be charmingly manipulative , but I would have thought my mother proof against her . |
| 18 | ‘ I would have thought your work was whatever Mellowes told you to do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I did not believe that , I would have advised our club president , James King , to go to a venue that would have made us a comparative fortune . ’ |
| 20 | I would have used my husband ! |
| 21 | If I 'd had time to think , I would have used my bat , but when I saw the ball , it was just about to start its downward path . |
| 22 | The soup seemed to fail in its purpose , and so did Herman , in whom I would have put my trust . |
| 23 | I would have put my mortgage down on Stephen not making it . ’ |
| 24 | I then as far as I can recollect , I ca n't remember whether the door was ajar or totally shut erm I would have put my hand to the handle and once knowing the door was free from its its erm lock I then pushed the door hard with the shield make , knowing that it would then bang , hopefully bang against the back wall . |
| 25 | I would have trusted my male with a female by themselves in a 24″ : tank , something I would never dare with the rock-dwellers ! |
| 26 | An unusual building of the 1960s , radical alterations which would have destroyed its character |
| 27 | When choosing dowel at any place other than a kite store which would have selected its stock , rotate the spar between thumb and forefinger of one hand while resting the dowel in the other hand and check that the spar is straight . |
| 28 | All I can say is that there was a young couple putting on a display in an Abbeyhill park recently which would have made my auld granny 's hair curl ! |
| 29 | The OPEC talks ran into early resistance from Saudi Arabia , which demanded that all OPEC members should accept a pro rata production cut which would be calculated in relation to their current actual output — a move which would have left its share of OPEC output undiminished . |
| 30 | It looked a classic case for the Independent Living Fund ( before new claims were abolished by the government in December 1992 ) to pay for a package of care and support which would have helped her cope . |