Example sentences of "would have gone [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And I guess you must have lost erm some of those people would 've gone to N S A especially with their new security product .
2 Hope her mum was n't listening — no , she would 've gone into the kitchen to cook poor Bina a nice meal .
3 Remembering that he had sent Catherine Crane to see Angela Morgan 's employers , he decided to find out how she had got on ; late as it was he did not think she would have gone off duty without reporting to him .
4 ‘ It 's an unexploded bomb , Piper , and if it had gone off last night a lot of you silly buggers would have gone with it . ’
5 Rose would call teasingly but he would have gone with a slam of the door .
6 If the NRPB is right that 20000 curies of radioactivity from iodine-131 was released , then some 370 curios of polonium would have gone with it .
7 Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze .
8 After a good deal of success in his 13 years of moto cross , Zeelenberg would have gone with them but for the advice of manager Jan Huberts , who still manages Zeelenberg and the Sharp Samson team .
9 They wanted us , if everybody would have gone with me too the picket .
10 ‘ I would have gone with her , but , as I said , the interview with you meant such a lot to her , she just could n't cancel it — nor would she let anyone else — another journalist , I mean — do it for her . ’
11 It would have gone with his colours would n't it ?
12 The Sergeant was a very good piper and would have gone on all night .
13 Another international , who preferred to remain anonymous , claimed that two thirds of the top 24 would have gone on strike had they been asked , and that a players ' union will soon be formed to help deal with matters such as prize money , rankings , training and selection .
14 Another international , who preferred to remain anonymous , claimed that two thirds of the top 24 would have gone on strike had they been asked , and that a players ' union will soon be formed to help deal with matters such as prize money , rankings , training and selection .
15 In the Middle Ages they would have gone on pilgrimages to the knee-cap of Saint Whoever , to the great profit of the Church .
16 Oliver would have gone on wrangling but Rain said it did not matter , her car was outside .
17 ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy .
18 I would have gone for something a little snappier : ‘ A mad cow with a handbag , ’ comes to mind as a first attempt .
19 I would have thought you would have gone for a commission .
20 A harsher critic would have gone for the jugular and claimed that this was a blunt reiteration of those dormant adolescent prejudices .
21 It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone .
22 ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’
23 As to Wayne Proctor , there were those who would have gone for the former Welsh hurdler , Nigel Walker , though , heaven knows , Proctor , the fastest player in the side , was himself no mean athlete in his schooldays .
24 Now she was where we were and that office junior turned up she would have gone for there and I prob bet she will probably be quite
25 I mean , I would have gone to London to look for you too , but it 's sometimes easier just to telephone ,
26 And with the brightest students , who would have gone to Britain until the Thatcher government started charging them substantial fees , now studying in the US , it seems likely that the trend away from cricket to American sports will steadily continue .
27 You would not have gone to them with a theory of the death of Jesus — you would have gone to them with great wonder saying : ‘ It is incredible , but our Lord is alive .
28 Even Crosland took it for granted , in trying to disarm those critics who argued that comprehensives would damage standards , that pupils who would have gone to grammar schools would of course still be taught with those of their contemporaries who would also have gone to grammar schools .
29 ‘ They told us the Ukrainian single would have gone to number one and we told them we did not want to be number one .
30 I am sure I would have gone to the Crusades and done my bit , although that might just have been the racist in me or my natural desire to loot .
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