Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] would have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car 's driver would have to manoeuvre so that the line on the screen pointed dead ahead of his car 's nose . |
| 2 | The court accepted both the widow 's evidence and expert evidence that the defendant 's demeanour would have appeared reasonably sober despite an alcohol level of 131 milligrams . |
| 3 | In a normal year , Renault 's achievement would have stood out . |
| 4 | In this instance , I knew the young man 's father would have to dig deep into his box before the marriage was finally consummated and the bride brought home . |
| 5 | Jack Ashley 's Bill would have come far closer to doing so by requiring that belief in consent must be reasonable . |
| 6 | The fact that a deceased 's widow would have given up work to start a family but for the deceased 's death is not a matter to be taken into account so as to increase her dependency on the deceased from the date that she would have given up work ( Malone v Rowan [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 402 ) . |
| 7 | Consequently round houses , extensive sidings , and various buildings essential to the railway 's purpose would have to spring up , and these in their turn would require labour , which would have to live in the vicinity . |
| 8 | So they kept changing the man on the next machine , and until he could talk him into using the System , William 's grandad would have to lurch down machine alley every few minutes , heaving his stiff leg behind him like Long John Silver and cursing like his parrot . |
| 9 | Would have thought that Forrester 's value would have gone up after Saturdays double strike — and Whelan 's worth more than that , although both have had limited exposure unless you happen to be a Leeds fan . |
| 10 | If he had added the name of Viola Angotti to the list of those who had hit him in the stomach Ezzie 's face would have screwed up with laughter . |