Example sentences of "it [pron] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
| 2 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |
| 3 | I was however sent an Agenda , on loan and with the very clear proviso that if I wanted to keep it I would have to pay for it . |
| 4 | Nestlé 's 3% limit sounds low , but to reach it you would have to put $600m into Nestlé shares . |
| 5 | On it we would have found the names of other distinguished old Summerhillians … unfortunately , Eric has been delayed at Stonehenge , and has not yet got to grips with the design . |
| 6 | Their digging has cleared right down to the gravel tidy — without it they would have rendered the undergravel filter quite useless . |
| 7 | One recorded of its first drill , ‘ if only the Kaiser could have seen it it would have made his Imperial Hunship feel frightfully sick ’ . |
| 8 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 9 | Keith said : ‘ If a wave had caught it it would have smashed the craft to pieces . |
| 10 | If you 'd started the motor and used it it would have helped . |
| 11 | The coach did not in fact crash and if he had remained on it he would have suffered no harm . |
| 12 | It was as if that was the only emotion Jack allowed himself , the only time he let down his guard , and she sensed that it was almost involuntary and if he could have prevented it he would have done . |
| 13 | That 's normal and that 's what Wendy has to learn to do or else it 's you know it 's it 's difficult for somebody else to if Ian did it he would have to get all the figures first . |
| 14 | The two men were at the top of the stairs and almost within grabbing distance , but if either had tried it he would have left his fingers in the frame as the bang echoed through the house and Carson thumbed the deadlock button , just in case they had any ideas about picking their way in . |
| 15 | For one thing he needed hard evidence , and to get it he would have to show his hand . |
| 16 | To build it themselves would have cost £1 million . |