Example sentences of "would [verb] left " in BNC.

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1 if we , if we 'd 've left it long enough
2 But is n't it funny how people who are now well and truly ‘ progged up ’ are willing to accept this sort of thing which a few months ago they 'd have left well alone ?
3 ‘ No spunk , or she 'd have left him long ago .
4 Okay and you sorted this out very nicely what was going to happen and what you 'd have left over .
5 ‘ They 'd have left it to Irina to arrange that . ’
6 I intend no harm to her if she 'd have left her squealings and I did no harm neither but to myself .
7 I mean , if I 'd had anything to do with it do you think I 'd have left my van here and come back — ’
8 and I 'm saying you 're alright , she 'd have left buggy at your house anyway cos you were walking , you would n't have had buggy with you then so you 'd got ta come back this way had n't you ?
9 Cos you know at least all I 'd have left is a weekend .
10 Lucky if we 'd have left there early we still could have gone .
11 The church was very full and although Amabel could not speak to everyone on her progress to the front pew she paused before taking her seat and smiled sweetly , generally , at the congregation , hoping that no one would feel left out .
12 They would not cruelly ridicule the child but I think she would feel left out by the time the girls were ‘ settling in ’ , as she would not fit in ; girls have more subtle yet often more hurtful ways of rejecting one another and this would be felt by the outsider before long .
13 Despite an approaching typhoon which ordinarily would have left the streets deserted , the march attracted 40,000 people - the largest political demonstration locally for 20 years .
14 It would have involved his consortium ploughing between £10m and £15m into the troubled Eagle as part of a recapitalisation that would have left them controlling 29.9 per cent of Eagle 's equity .
15 If he 's stopped loving me , surely he would have left me by now ?
16 I went through the whole place from top to bottom , cleaning it , polishing the furniture , and making everything just so , as my parents would have left it .
17 Towards dawn , she said to his sleeping back that he loved his employers more than he loved her and if he had been half the man he thought himself , he would have left them rather than abandon her .
18 The carriage would have left by now .
19 Fiona agreed unwillingly , ‘ Yes , he would have left his keys .
20 Ilona Staller moved to Italy when she was 17 and you would imagine that more than 20 years as a star of blue screen and stage — she had an act with a tame snake that caused concern among Italian animal-rights organisations — would have left her a little world-weary .
21 This is necessary as a result of property writedown which would have left it in breach of its £350 million net worth banking covenant .
22 He danced lightfooted across the European racing stage , and with just a little better luck , would have left it undefeated .
23 Had Mafart and Prieur simply abandoned the camper and boarded the flight they would have left the country undetected because at the time the police believed they were still driving around the country .
24 Maggie would have left at that point , but as her bed was in the kitchen she could n't get into it until after he 'd left the room .
25 Of course , Amy would have left a daughter .
26 Part of the reason I have used the term ‘ survival machine ’ is that ‘ animal ’ would have left out plants and , in some people 's minds , humans .
27 The fourth argument was that the amendment would have left the Government with inadequate powers .
28 This would have left many people with worthless claims against insolvent companies .
29 In fact , he was so eager to be off that he would have left it in the street if I had not insisted that he should take the coals to his mother . ’
30 Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin .
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