Example sentences of "[vb mod] certainly have [verb] " in BNC.

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31 The colour drained from his face and he would certainly have fallen , had not two crimson rope-lights shot out and pinioned his arms to the wall , so that he was forced to stand , vertically , half hanging by his hands , half supported by his mutilated legs .
32 Assuming that all the ILP members acquiesced in the amalgamation , the new Party with less than 12,000 members would certainly have lost two of its three MPs .
33 Sloane introduced her to Isaac Rand , the Demonstrator of Plants at the Physic Garden , who advised her to live near it where she would find the plants needed and where she would certainly have met Miller and Ehret .
34 If this percentage potential could be considered to hold true outside the USA , we would certainly have to ask of the great majority of congregations , ‘ What has happened to your ten per cent ? ’
35 The appearance in the skies of a bright ‘ new ’ star would certainly have influenced the ideas of our astrology-prone ancestors : this was a sign of major import .
36 But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner .
37 I was more than mildly impressed with Miss Semmens and decided I would certainly have to see her again — and soon .
38 And our noble lords at the palace would certainly have done a more professional job . ’
39 Anyone with good eyesight would certainly have seen the riders , but to someone like Dame Elizabeth their presence might only be betrayed by a flash of colour .
40 Erm now that the inner relief road options would have required some relocation of the of the golf course , would certainly have disrupted erm the golf course and that was undoubtedly a a consideration .
41 He had chosen an hour at which the emir would certainly have retired , and might not have heard of his arrival .
42 It was fortunate that the longer wheelbase cars had been removed to work on the Sutton route as they were longer and of larger capacity than the Corporation cars and would certainly have given trouble on the section between Selby Road and West Croydon , which was all single track with short passing loops .
43 Experienced police officers told us that if a jury had seen the video they would certainly have convicted Lucy .
44 Observing Raskolnikov wince at the idea of eternity as a bathhouse , he murmurs ‘ with a vague smile ’ that he would certainly have made it like that himself .
45 When she occasionally visited him in London or Stuttgart , she always found him busy , although he would certainly have made time for a new lover , and he did put himself out to entertain his cousin Petrie who , with his wife , turned up unexpectedly in Stuttgart during a travelling holiday .
46 ‘ Marco Polo insisted that the mountain was made in the shape of a cube , which would certainly have explained the matter .
47 Tony took the lead , and with a succinctness that would certainly have satisfied any military man , said :
48 ‘ But the quality of life would certainly have suffered , ’ said Milton .
49 However , the keepers of Whaddon Chase , Bucks. , employed by Mrs Pigott , can be traced in the muster book , and of these the head keeper , Robert Wyllyott ( Willett ) , would certainly have ranked as yeoman with 40s. in land and £20 in goods ; his salary was 40s. with 6s. 8d. for livery .
50 The local authority exercising its parental responsibility would certainly have to consider very carefully whether it accepted that practitioner 's advice and any advice as to the risks of the transfer of J. from one hospital to another before giving its consent to such different treatment .
51 ‘ Would you kindly go away , ’ said Prince Edward in a voice which would certainly have carried across Rutland .
52 The SDLP would certainly have wished for ‘ a more neutral figure ’ .
53 Edmund Burke , the Whig politician who became the founding philosopher of modern British Conservatism , would certainly have agreed with that .
54 After all , she would certainly have agreed that an apology was in order .
55 To summarize , for a well flagged group of patients , with small solitary non-invasive transition cell carcinomas at d at diagnosis , and negative three month cystoscopy , we found eighty percent of our patients would certainly have come to no harm at all if their second cystoscopy had been one year from diagnosis .
56 If Tommaso had n't troubled to have me paged at the opera , you would certainly have performed coitus with this young woman and d'ye know what would have happened then ? ’
57 To swear the oath of exclusive personal loyalty contained in fealty would certainly have derogated from the majesty of the king of England .
58 Perhaps a Labour government would have spent even more : it would certainly have spent it in different ways .
59 It would be surprising if less prosperous sections of the community had not been equally attacked by disease at this time , and casualties of that extent would certainly have set back any recovery of the population .
60 They would certainly have thought that such events were unlikely to happen for millennia to come — if at all .
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