Example sentences of "[adv] he would have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had his depression lasted much longer he would have become agoraphobic . |
| 2 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 3 | Originally he would have symbolised vegetative fertility , and possibly even the sacrificial May King . |
| 4 | ‘ I AM talking about a man that has done 26 years behind bars and if he had done the same crime today he would have got 10 years and would have got out five years ago ’ — actor Mike Reid on Reggie Kray . |
| 5 | Surely he would have caught one or two before , the bream became overfed . |
| 6 | Jesus forecast that before the cock crowed twice he would have denied any knowledge of Jesus three times . |
| 7 | He knew I 'd be interested in the reward money before he started telling me all the details , otherwise he 'd have kept most of it to himself . |