Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [vb pp] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | One glance would have told her that he was close to a heart attack . |
| 2 | Fenna would have killed her . |
| 3 | He had thought that taking her away from her mother 's influence would have encouraged her to stand on her own two feet . |
| 4 | Almost thrusting the child away , she turned and stamped from the room , banging the door behind her ; and , had not the Mother Superior moved quickly round the table and caught Millie 's hand , the child would have followed her . |
| 5 | If the situation had n't been so horrendous , his question would have made her laugh . |
| 6 | Considering the clean wake and the almost dinghy-like responsiveness of the yacht , we were convinced that a reach in a slightly stiffer breeze would have seen her sliding into an easy surf . |
| 7 | After two minutes I believe the butcher would have followed her out of the shop had she beckoned him . |
| 8 | Her real destination was Fleet Street and the offices of the weekly Clarion Cry , but she could hardly inform Dr Neil or Matey of that interesting fact — it did n't quite fit the sad picture which she had drawn of the friendless , abandoned orphan without employment — not that the money which she earned from the Clarion would have kept her . |
| 9 | A year ago , Selina 's two-hour session of candlelit fund-raising would have gained her nothing more than a clout round the ear ( I 'd have done it nice , mind you , not in the restaurant or anything like that but in the Fiasco or back at the sock ) . |
| 10 | Instinct would have told her even if Markby had n't that this was one who liked the girls . |
| 11 | She had inhibited her sympathy , one genuine sympathetic impulse would have ruined her . |
| 12 | Few people watching the tearful , scruffily-dressed woman burst through the court doors to freedom would have recognised her as a countess . |
| 13 | Few people watching the tearful , scruffily dressed woman burst through the court doors to freedom would have recognised her as a countess . |
| 14 | The tweedy lady , very county , who suffered from some extreme fungoid disease of her feet , which were wrapped in many layers of polythene and which in a public cinema would have guaranteed her a whole row to herself , but at the NFT caused whoever was unfortunate to have the adjoining numbered seat to retain vivid Aromavision memories of particular films . |
| 15 | Even so , what other man would have helped her like he had and given her his bed as well ? |
| 16 | The generous and charitable Spirit that appeared in her was exerted upon all Occasions to the utmost of her Ability , and was such as would have been ornamental in a much higher Sphere , to which in all Probability , if it had pleased God to spare her Life , her own Merit would have raised her |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just thankful that the baby was asleep because if she had moved her face the knife would have cut her . ’ |
| 18 | A good American would have had her in the kitchen with a flue-brush , or making pastry , by now . |
| 19 | Judy 's father , for instance , despite being a devout Catholic would have encouraged her to have an abortion if she had wanted one . |
| 20 | A more generous format would have allowed her more scope . |
| 21 | One tear would have sufficed her , one murmur of regret , but there was nothing ; the family were not even in mourning , for they found the wearing of mourning a false and hypocritical extravagance . |
| 22 | The position would have qualified her automatically for entry to the ANC national executive committee . |
| 23 | At any other time , the sights , sounds and smells of the covered market would have delighted her . |
| 24 | If she had n't been dead already the shock of his going to prison would have killed her . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't believe Maurin would have killed her any more than I think he killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 26 | Even without the simple affirmation his face would have given her the answer ; he looked pale and drawn , as if he had slept even less than she had . |