Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] have taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had Norman Cowans , Ricky Ellcock and Angus Fraser all been healthy , the script would surely have taken its expected course ; as it is , the Middlesex seam attack deserves that ‘ pop-gun ’ tag rather more than its national counterpart . |
| 2 | Ann would never have taken such a step of her own accord . |
| 3 | The value of the offer made by the bonorum emptor would certainly have taken into account the fact that the land was subject to trust ; the consequence of the lower offer would be that creditors would receive rather less than if no trust existed . |
| 4 | The Reichmann brothers would already have taken their day off on Saturday and today would be back at business as usual . |
| 5 | And a mere pickpocket would not have taken the trouble to steam the envelope open . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If you had n't been so awkward about it I doubt if that constable would even have taken my name and address . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you this — if they had tried that on with the Liverpool team of the mid-1960s that included Ron Yeats , Ian St John , Gerry Byrne and myself the match would never have taken place . |
| 8 | Does the right hon. Gentleman really believe that if politicians in Northern Ireland had been sitting at a table , the awful atrocities that we have witnessed in the past few days would not have taken place ? |
| 9 | But for its profitability and burgeoning client list , GM would never have taken over and the new Elan might still be an idea waiting for the cash to build it . |
| 10 | Had we followed the advice of our so-called revolutionary counsellors , this substantial move toward a political revolution would not have taken place to anything like the extent shown by the figures . |
| 11 | Had not the American players been prepared to meet their own expenses , which included travel from often distant points of the continent , the game would never have taken place . |
| 12 | To Angela I convey my grateful thanks for undertaking the needlework responsibility in 1986 ; without whom this exhibition would not have taken place in such a lavish way . |
| 13 | Now if that car had pushed on and did n't brake when he did , that driver would either have taken car out or the keep left bollards would n't he ? |
| 14 | If Mike Todd had lived , though , do you feel that your life would n't have taken any other direction ? |
| 15 | To say that religious belief could function as a presupposition of science need not entail the strong claim that , without a prior theology , science would never have taken off . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that if CCs had been on offer at the time , Bruin would probably have taken them all . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you feel that the killing would not have taken place had overcrowding been less intense ? ’ asked Merrick , pulling a pair of spectacles from his top pocket . |
| 18 | Social workers and the police would not have taken the action they had , in the way they did , unless they had been absolutely sure there was a reason . |
| 19 | I do n't know if he realised it either , but the Danuese would not have taken kindly to having their programme wiped off the air-waves midway through . |
| 20 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |