Example sentences of "would [adv] have [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any rise in aggregate demand which was rationally anticipated would have had no such effect — it would merely have led to a rise in prices . |
| 2 | It was the last place in the world she would ever have chosen for a tryst , as she would tell him when he turned up . |
| 3 | For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years . |
| 4 | If tabloids had not existed , and all those who read Labour and Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read no paper regularly ( and depended exclusively on television for their news ) , then Labour would still have benefited from a 2 per cent swing . |
| 5 | Finally , if the imbalance between Labour and Tory tabloids had been eliminated — so that equal numbers read Tory and Labour tabloids , then Labour would still have benefited from a 1 per cent swing . |
| 6 | In our view , routine casework unsupported by an active programme of service development would have been of little value and would probably have degenerated into a frustrating cycle of ‘ patch and mend ’ crisis management . |
| 7 | ‘ They would probably have jumped on a train and gone to London . |
| 8 | Had the Conservatives won the election by a whisker , which at one time seemed likely , they would probably have plumped for a Labour Speaker ( on the grounds that it took one vote off the Opposition ) . |
| 9 | He had already been involved in taking prisoners to the mountains and told me that he would now have to think of a way to get Eric there too . |
| 10 | Muggeridge had been percipient in recognizing that the monarchy would increasingly have to live in a goldfish bowl and that would provide a new challenge for the image-makers . |
| 11 | It would take so much courage to find another doctor , and she would surely have to go to a hospital to do so . |
| 12 | While this is due in small measure to the axing of TOPS awards and the establishment of new courses leading to post-graduate diplomas which have attracted students who would otherwise have enrolled on a DMS course , the main reason has been the decline in the economy which has resulted in few companies being willing to sponsor students to undertake the course . |
| 13 | Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " . |
| 14 | He knew that he would never have survived as a teacher in the state sector : he was both not good enough and not bad enough . |
| 15 | Modigliani would never have stayed with a nonentity . |
| 16 | As a manager Cruyff demands something he would never have accepted as a player . |
| 17 | His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before . |
| 18 | On another occasion , Phil Morris knew that , had Laura been consulted , she would never have agreed to a particular print being produced with a border . |
| 19 | But Allem would certainly have settled for a 69 before he went out . |
| 20 | I have seen clauses in record contracts which are absolutely meaningless and which I would happily have traded for a defined amount of money for a tour support , video , or promotional commitment . |