Example sentences of "[pron] would have [vb pp] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We may regret that the Commissioners did not pursue a more spirited foreign policy and visit the United States of America , where , beyond a doubt , they would have seen results which would have qualified their condemnation of the combined system . |
| 2 | If the child in the cradle on whom Carabosse lays her curse after the other fairy godmothers have given her everything that makes a girl lovable could have understood the ordinary life she was forfeiting , she would have renounced their fairy boons ; given the choice , Caterina would have rejected her charms too , in order to be closer to her sister , to be more like Rosa . |
| 3 | The VDs were n't part of her arsenal , but she would have appreciated their style . |
| 4 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |
| 5 | They may feel responsible for adding to the dead person 's problems or may feel that if they had been more alert they would have noticed their friend 's or relative 's distress . |
| 6 | They turned this way and that to hie or wheesh or tcht tcht or whoa ; and of course , I have no doubt the horses were so tired they would have found their way home any way . |
| 7 | They could hardly have camped , and without exact locations for Anoch and Auchnasheal , I can not say whether they would have improved their lot by aiming for Auchnasheal when leaving Fort Augustus , instead of breaking the journey at Anoch . |
| 8 | Second , because the Serbs ' provinces under the plan were not contiguous , it would have made their dream of a Greater Serbia impossible . |
| 9 | I see it is that had it worked it would have fulfilled their ideology . |