Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few public meetings now and fewer serious discussions in pamphlets , or even books , of a kind that would have made sense to a novelist like Disraeli , or a scholar like Gladstone , to both of whom the idea of a ‘ speech writer ’ or of an advertising agency to identify the issues would have been absurd . |
| 2 | It is not a description that would have satisfied Mr C. G. Heathcote , for example , the Stipendiary Magistrate for Brighton , when asked for his opinions on the question of juvenile crime in 1898 : Mr Heathcote 's remarks are preserved in a report on Juvenile Offenders compiled by the Howard Association which had scouted the opinions of the magistracy and police . |
| 3 | Lord Woodleigh gave him a look that would have quelled in an instant any insolent groom or keeper . |
| 4 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
| 5 | FitzAlan sent him a look that would have pierced armour at a hundred paces . |
| 6 | Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back . |
| 7 | It is thought that the Criminal Law Revision Committee , the Report of which formed the basis of the Theft Act , would not have wanted such a result but would have preferred the outcome to be theft ( para. 65 ) . |
| 8 | It ends a deal that would have made BA the world 's biggest airline , flying 80 million passengers to 340 cities in 71 countries . |
| 9 | Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue . |
| 10 | A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day . |
| 11 | That man was John Furie Zacharias , known universally as Gentle , and he had a reputation as a lover that would have driven Estabrook from the field had that strange certainty not been upon him . |
| 12 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 13 | For Allison was simply recording Wright 's 26th goal of the season , and not writing out a booking that would have put the £2.5 million England star over 21 disciplinary points and a Wembley semi-final ban . |
| 14 | Had he missed the cut , Woosnam would not even have had that to watch on Saturday , since the network went off the air with about an hour 's play left in a move that would have angered Great Britain . |
| 15 | Two of America 's biggest banks , Security Pacific and Wells Fargo , admitted that they discussed a possible merger last year , a move that would have produced the second-largest bank in America . |
| 16 | ‘ If I did not believe that , I would have advised our club president , James King , to go to a venue that would have made us a comparative fortune . ’ |
| 17 | And in a place that would have made Prendergast 's — arrangement — seem almost pure . ’ |
| 18 | Janice said suddenly , throwing herself at me and enveloping my upper torso in a hug that would have done credit to a grizzly . |
| 19 | This French system was one contender for a weapon that would have cost two billion pounds . |
| 20 | For the rest of a sunny but refreshingly cool Delhi day he buried himself in batting practice with a vigour that would have sapped any man without his phenomenal stamina . |
| 21 | Viscount Kilmuir L.C. stated , at p. 596 , that the pursuers might recover whatever sum they might prove was in excess of such a charge as would have avoided undue discrimination against them , and he supported this by reference , inter alia , to Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 H.L. 226 . |
| 22 | The respondents may therefore recover whatever sum they may be able to prove was in excess of such a charge as would have avoided undue discrimination against them . |
| 23 | He made a lunge towards Rory , but Adam proved too fast for him , grabbing him from behind in a tackle that would have felled an ox . |
| 24 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 25 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you going to join us ? ’ invited Eleanor , with a smile that would have charmed most men right into the palm of her hand . |
| 27 | ‘ A proctologist is an asshole doctor , Thessy dear , ’ Ellen explained , then gave me a smile that would have frozen the heart out of a blast furnace . |
| 28 | In sum , a reissue that would have had more of my blessing if offered at bargain price . |
| 29 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 30 | Incidents such as that in ( 37 ) brought about a false start to the era of human religion , because the apparent success of an event attributed to the ‘ god ’ was a happening that would have taken place anyway , for example , a natural occurrence such as rainfall . |