Example sentences of "would have [verb] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 2 | Not that I 'd have cared if it had gone up . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd have heard if it had n't . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |
| 5 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 6 | No doubt she would have noticed if it had been used in the interim . |
| 7 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 8 | I 'm sure I would have done if it had been here … |
| 9 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 10 | which the House of Lords would have exercised if it had been asked to do so but had not in fact been so asked , Berry ( No. 2 ) would have been a very easy case for the Court of Appeal to deal with , but there is no indication that it found Berry ( No. 2 ) to be so simple . |
| 11 | We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution . |
| 12 | None of it would have happened if it had n't been for the dog . |
| 13 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 14 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 15 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 16 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |