Example sentences of "his [noun sg] would have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry ran his hands through his hair in a gesture of excitement that his sister would have recognized well . |
| 2 | Son batted at least as well as Miandad and Mujtaba , and lasted longer than Malcolm or Ramiz , but it has to be admitted that with a fifth day available , his team would have lost as surely as England did . |
| 3 | Half a century earlier his behaviour would have seemed much more normal and aroused much less criticism . |
| 4 | Mr Beltrami would tell the jury that on several occasions during the past four years McGuinness had spoken to him in detail about his part in the Ayr murder ; and as he has a commanding presence and deep , authoritative voice , his evidence would have gone far to confirm in the minds of the jury what they had already heard from Mrs McGuinness . |
| 5 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
| 6 | ‘ I say his head would have ached fiercely after it , ’ said Hugh at once , ‘ but nothing worse . |
| 7 | Attlee , had he won the 1935 election , would have taken exactly Baldwin 's line in substance , but at that stage in his career would have done so without assurance or persuasiveness . |
| 8 | At the same time , I can not help but wonder whether his performance would have sounded very different had it been recorded somewhat earlier in his career ? |
| 9 | Dewi had wanted her to be independent , to fend for herself when he was no longer there to take care of her , but he could not have known that his death would have come so suddenly , striking him down in the prime of his manhood . |
| 10 | Sgt. Peter Jordan added : ‘ One of the crew baled out — nearly hitting me in the process — but I do n't think his parachute would have opened properly from that height . ’ |