Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] would have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes .
2 He was told to say just who he was working for , or he would have ammonia poured onto the blindfold .
3 I said some days ago that I would have difficulty er assisting you in making the choice for for some obvious reasons .
4 ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths .
5 The family could not speak English and my schoolboy French was almost exhausted so I bade them good afternoon but managed to make them understand that I would have dinner with them one evening soon — ‘ An English dinner . ’
6 I had a lot less hassle walking around Tripoli , than I would have walking around Athens , for example .
7 A quick glance at her watch showed that she would have time for a short walk outside before dinner , and with this in mind she sprang from the bed and raked a comb through her hair .
8 Then she heard Christ speaking to her , saying that she would have victory over all her enemies , and that she was to give up the hair-cloth that she wore and her continual saying of the Rosary , but must stop eating meat .
9 She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit .
10 Patrick was three months old when Sarah knew for sure that she would have James 's child before the year was out .
11 that you would have boys go out with no forewarning , tripping over stumbling blocks here , there and everywhere and girls who are not even allowed to benefit from others ' experience , let alone , have their own .
12 ‘ Perhaps I have been less civil than you would have reason to expect . ’
13 ‘ I signed the receipts so she would have proof to say that she had bought the car off me . ’
14 When Hindley was sent away to study , I hoped that we would have peace in the house .
15 My hosts have taken me around , and I thought that we would have lunch in the Television Tower — in fact I have reserved a table .
16 But it is true , our mates worried that we would have sex with other males when they were n't there . ’
17 If there is one country that we would have difficulty in isolating , it is North Korea .
18 In the early days of the clearinghouses it was anticipated that they would have difficulty in persuading librarians to contribute their material .
19 Responding members of the ACCA , CIMA and CIPFA preferred the option of all members being called chartered accountants , whereas those from the three institutes of chartered accountants indicated that they would have difficulty with this proposition .
20 Although one can understand the Opposition having difficulty with their own Back Benchers , I never expected that they would have difficulty with members of their own Front Bench .
21 Iris and her group were absent , it having been agreed before they set off that they would have lunch in St-Jean-du-Gard and telephone for the mini-bus from the station at Anduze on their return .
22 They had even packed up further provisions in the picnic basket Brian had happened to bring , so that they would have sustenance to help them on their way : Taunton , Wellington , Tiverton .
23 It was not known whether they would be the most advanced protagonists of environmental scanning , but for various reasons it was expected that they would have views about scanning and about the extent to which they wished to undertake formal environmental analysis .
24 Castro described the action of his former communist allies as " repugnant " , saying that they would have blood on their hands in the event of US invasion .
25 They had grounds for thinking that they would have Anselm 's support , and despite Anselm 's strong words about insubordination in 1094 , they were not disappointed .
26 Adding salt to the wound , HP also announced that it would have OpenView release 3.1 out by the third quarter increasing the pressure on other DME participants to get their stuff out the door .
27 There was hope that it would be a two-way process and that it would have benefits for the school .
28 If the animal lived on the sea bottom , it seems unlikely that it would have eye lenses specialized for looking downwards , and we begin to suspect that the animal habitually dwelt above the sea floor .
29 On Aug. 28 it was reported that Patten was to visit China on Oct. 12-14 , when it was expected that he would have talks with Premier Li Peng and other officials .
30 A couple of clients had called me , and I would have time to talk to them in the morning ; and I had an invitation to a golf society day in a couple of weeks ' time .
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