Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus a lady 's companion , though a domestic servant , was often of comparable birth to her mistress and would have received appropriate treatment . |
2 | She stumbled over her chair and would have fallen , but Jack caught her arm and steadied her . |
3 | Cardinal Paolo Evaristo Arns , Archbishop of Sao Paolo , was in Belgium at the time of her death and would have liked to have said her Requiem Mass . |
4 | She was always impressed by his fame and would have liked a theatrical career . |
5 | Harold Macmillan , prime minister since 1957 and an Anglican wanting to do the best for the Church , was sure to ask Fisher for his advice and would have felt scandalous if he had not . |
6 | Suddenly , the hideous possibility occurred to Harry that he had slept past his stop and would have to retrace his route from some remote reach of the Bakerloo line . |
7 | But , since she was his guest and would have to eat something , she looked hopelessly at the menu again , and smilingly suggested , ‘ Perhaps you would n't mind ordering for me . ’ |