Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] would have [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morton had not taken up arms previously , but he knew that some of his friends would have gone to the conventicle and would have volunteered to take part in the unequal contest against the soldiers . |
| 2 | Deaf mothers often said they did not understand descriptions of the advance of the baby during the second stage of labour and would have liked to see what was happening . |
| 3 | They would have therefore had an advantage and would have tended to replace the original macro-molecules . |
| 4 | This of course was a common point of view but none the less irritating because we were nearly all conscripted at this stage of the war and would have preferred to have been left alone to get on with our nice , comfortable civilian lives in peace . |
| 5 | Brian was also aware of other emergencies and admissions taking place and would have liked to have been told what was happening . |
| 6 | But the taxidermy process would have been an expensive business and would have included soaking his skin in tan pits for 14 days , scraping and sandpapering his body , paying the barber for shaving him and cutting his toe nails and one final payment of a shilling for a strong cork . |
| 7 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 8 | I stirred the potato powder into the liquid and would have begun eating but it was too hot . |
| 9 | There is then a no gain/no loss disposal of his investment in the old company , and the gain that would have arisen goes to reduce the base cost of the qualifying investment . |
| 10 | If they are qualifying corporate bonds , the gain that would have arisen had the Target shares been disposed of is calculated , then suspended , and falls into charge on a subsequent disposal of the bonds even if they have by then become valueless ( see s116 TCGA 1992 ) . |
| 11 | He had enjoyed the city and would have liked to stay longer . |
| 12 | I would ask those concerned if they could be patient and given time I will refund all money owing to them including any interest that would have accrued had their money been in a bank . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was burning with curiosity and would have liked to question Madame Gebrec , but it was obvious that to do so would arouse painful memories . |