Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] would have [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a worry to me because I could not work out how much money I would have to live on . |
| 2 | And now , having walked all the way across Frizingley in her thin pale blue dress and her dark blue tablecloth cloak she would have to walk back again — and fast — before she froze to death where she stood . |
| 3 | If you ask me , if she had n't been so fussed over by you and your Mum she 'd have turned round and faced up to things and been a lot happier . |
| 4 | If she 'd had the power at that moment she would have reached out and crushed him into the carpet . |
| 5 | At that moment he would have given up every moment of his past and future freedom to have her at his side . |
| 6 | For safety he would have to strike out for the far bank from a point less than fifty yards below the bridge and the current was gaining strength . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , of course we 'd have carried on if we 'd been able to make a living at it . |
| 8 | ‘ If I was a Romany I 'd have ended up fighting Nahum , ’ said Seb , trying not to allow the emotion he felt to show . |
| 9 | This was the last day she 'd have to put up with her . |
| 10 | Given half a chance she 'd have taken on the job of finding a soul-mate for Shannon with all the crusading zeal of a missionary , since she was blissfully convinced that true happiness could be found only in a strong relationship such as the one she had . |
| 11 | ‘ Only stuff they 'd have to throw out otherwise ! ’ |
| 12 | The great problem I faced , when I eventually obtained my degree in zoology , was that to convert my childhood fascination into an adult career I would have to carry out experiments on animals . |
| 13 | But I 'm thinking , I 'm think I 've got this terrible feeling I 'd have to come on with the princess , if we 've just got married |
| 14 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 15 | The 24-year-old buxom blonde who ‘ gave her favours freely to young village schoolboys ’ was told by Mr Justice Sheldon , ‘ If a man had behaved in the same way with girls of this age he would have ended up with a long prison sentence ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ It is a macabre thought ’ , wrote Monica Furlong in the Spectator ( 30 June ) , ‘ that if the Canterbury Special had crashed last Tuesday morning it would have wiped out at one go practically the whole of the English episcopate together with numerous foreign archbishops and bishops , most of the Orthodox patriarchs , the leaders of the Lutheran Churches in half a dozen countries of Europe and the heads of our own Free Churches . ’ |
| 17 | A stone of about eighteen inch four by four with the appropriate heading I would have thought up to four names , depending on how many names there is in the |
| 18 | I feel as though if I did n't have that drive I would have opted out of teaching long ago . |
| 19 | However , in the meantime it was a daunting thought that if I took promotion I would have to give up the job in which I was most happy . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but the telephone is downstairs and if she 's in bed she would have to get out to answer it . |
| 21 | By road you 'd have to drive round , of course , but even so it would n't be far . ’ |
| 22 | She felt so dreadfully sorry for him that if she had tried to utter a word she would have broken down . |
| 23 | Ironically , Rockefeller was exactly that type of capitalist he would have despised back in England . |
| 24 | Had it not been for human kindess he would have ended up in a pork pie . |
| 25 | Some people tend to take advantage of a placid nature — that is only human — so I realized that in order to prevent abuse of my personality I would have to put up a barrier to protect my inner self . |
| 26 | I 'm sure if it was n't for the explosions close at hand he would have dropped off to sleep . |
| 27 | God knows what lie she 'd have made up to the staff , and they 'd have believed her . |
| 28 | What is the smallest angle you would have to turn through to face Tobago ? |
| 29 | ‘ There is no way we would have got in under a Labour government . ’ |
| 30 | If the new rates had applied to that year they would have wiped out the interest and still left £5.67 to pay ! |