Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pers pn] [vb mod] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 'd broken her arm , she doubted that it would have altered his tone or his attitude in any way . |
| 2 | Fortunately the rain held off , but walking with Ven , his knowledge of the area seemingly limitless , Fabia doubted that it would have bothered her all that much had the heavens opened . |
| 3 | The teller then offered to accept their count , but the Zuwaya objected that he might have stolen more than a hundred votes . |
| 4 | The walls were lined with layers of raincoats of a uniform dun , as though their colours had run together ; they went back years — some had even belonged to her father and were so stiff and cracked that they could have stood unsupported . |
| 5 | She had n't thought about how much of her hour remained , until bells started ringing , and she realized that they must have gone for her . |
| 6 | She realized that she might have made the same mistake as Joan Durbeyfield . |
| 7 | Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate . |
| 8 | As his commentary stopped I realised that she must have completed her purchases and was very likely surveying the room for somewhere to sit . |
| 9 | The Don admitted that we would have won more if we 'd had Harvey in earlier so perhaps that 's the most telling point of all . |
| 10 | She once admitted that she would have loved a career in politics and believed she was now being forced to draw upon all her native political skills to ensure that her design ideas and her control over image were not submerged in the drive to reduce the debts . |
| 11 | and we 've , we 've alleged in the pleading that he made that he would have suffered erm either all or some part of loses would of been avoided , but that depends upon the facts and we 're |
| 12 | But now It had changed ‘ There were ideological arguments amongst the existing staff ’ , Williams remembers , ‘ some argued that we should have allowed them to continue , to take over . |
| 13 | Many commentators argued that it should have done so long ago . |
| 14 | But Moubarak argued that he might have misjudged the colt 's preparation in not giving him sufficient work since he was found to be suffering from a minor skin infection on his legs after his previous race . |
| 15 | But he added that they could have had serious consequences for her if they had been true . |
| 16 | Nenna had forgotten about Gordon , or rather she assumed that he must have gone away , but he had not . |
| 17 | The essay , on ‘ The Dangers of Smoking ’ , had cost Hank a number of Sundays of hard work , and he estimated that he must have smoked at least eight packs of cigarettes while writing it , but to his astonishment it had won him a hundred dollars . |
| 18 | More than half of our first intake acknowledged that they would have preferred a traditional course , having the study of literature as its principal component . |
| 19 | In a subsequent study , Jencks acknowledged that he may have under-estimated the contribution of education to earnings and anyway his conclusions were ‘ premature ’ . |
| 20 | She remembered how huge she had thought the Longhills ' kitchen on her arrival in Nordale , and reckoned that it would have fitted into a corner of this one . |
| 21 | Pascoe guessed that she must have put her hand over the mouthpiece . |
| 22 | Frank Lindo replied that he could have left the cinema later than 5.30 , but he had definitely heard Drew in the theatre at 6.00 . |
| 23 | When Awlad Amira took control of the popular committees a few months later , ousting Mannaia from office , Umar al-Abairsh and his supporters alleged that they could have done so only with Tibbu support ; they said only Awlad Amira , poor and unenterprising , would stoop so low to get their hands on the administration : Awlad Amira denied establish the truth of such allegations : Awlad Amira denied them , as they would ; Tibbu pointed to their political inactivity , their poverty and lack of numbers , and their peacefulness ( except under provocation ) , suggesting that Mannaia were scarcely dispassionate when they talked about the results of elections . |
| 24 | Lines at the corners of the mouth indicated that it might have smiled once , but there was no doubt that the eyes were anxious . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've lost weight , ’ she observed in a tone which indicated that she could have expected nothing else of me . |
| 26 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |
| 27 | Accordingly he submitted that if the jury accepted that the first appellant had murdered the deceased , then it necessarily followed that they should have acquitted the second appellant . |
| 28 | Maggie sat silently , shocked that she should have thought such a thing . |
| 29 | That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too . |
| 30 | Which meant that he must have driven to Mariánské Láznë quite soon afterwards . |