Example sentences of "[Wh det] would [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which would 've enabled me to rush , up there , but I did n't . |
| 2 | The 2-club competition was very popular , the Standard dryly commenting ‘ Much better cards were put in than anticipated , the winning ladies finished with scores which would have done them credit with a full bag of clubs ! ’ |
| 3 | Vinny also missed a penalty which would have given him his hat-trick and brought the score to 5–2 . |
| 4 | It was agreed that during the next 12 years his earnings would have been £21,000 per annum , which would have given him £7,500 after tax . |
| 5 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 6 | My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw . |
| 7 | Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . |
| 8 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 10 | Mr Jarvis , who spent £40m expanding the chain on the Continent in recent years , said the decision followed Whitbread 's inability to negotiate a new exit clause in the franchise agreement which would have given it more protection . |
| 11 | The town of Knossos had reached a size of not less than 45 hectares by the time its first temple was built in 1930 BC , which would have given it a population of 12,000–18,000 . |
| 12 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 13 | Given its urgency , I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not write to me about such a detailed case , which would have enabled me to deal with it earlier . |
| 14 | Mr Hull specialised in young contemporary British artists and had no training , experience or knowledge which would have enabled him to conclude from an examination of the pictures whether they were by Munter . |
| 15 | I think it is quite important to establish whether in fact the County had information at their disposal which would have enabled them to act sooner in this case . ’ |
| 16 | Sunderland , who travel to Blackburn on Wednesday night for their penultimate game of the season , had hoped to come to a compromise arrangement which would have enabled them to use Rogan against Swindon and then let him travel to Belfast before tomorrow night 's game . |
| 17 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed him he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title , ’ said Ferguson . |
| 19 | When we had just married our only gas consumption was the cooker , but we had a bill which would have enabled us to have cooked meals for the whole of Harrow . |
| 20 | In a 3000m race at Stellenbosch in February , the new-look Zola , now markedly more adult in build than in her ill-fated days as a British international , won with a world-class 8:42.26 — a time which would have ranked her third in the the world in 1990 . |
| 21 | An unusual building of the 1960s , radical alterations which would have destroyed its character |
| 22 | Under hypnosis Sylvia remembered being adamant in her refusal to join in a game of hide and seek , which would have involved her in hiding in isolated , cramped and possibly dark surroundings so that she would not be found . |
| 23 | When it did this the family had been on the point of vesting the house in a charitable trust , which would have secured its future complete with contents . |
| 24 | His request could have been investigated more thoroughly , his premises subjected to a search and inventory which would have revealed his blatant lie . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ The boards were heavy and unlikely to slip and although there was no scaffolding or guard rails , there were metal roof trusses which would have prevented them falling . |
| 26 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
| 27 | For a long time , Emerson simply failed to sign the contracts which would have kept him in front-rank racing . |
| 28 | The scrum half has recovered from the injury which would have kept him out of the postponed Durham Cup tie against Horden on Wednesday . |
| 29 | ‘ If however , you land a blow which would have caused them serious injury and limited them in the fight , then you get a half point . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If , in the opinion of the judges , you theoretically land a blow which would have killed somebody outright , you win by something called ippon , or one point , ’ John explains . |