Example sentences of "they [adv] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |
| 2 | Still , it is good to know that British boxers can now command as much money for fighting in London as they once would have received only when topping the bill in the United States . |
| 3 | ‘ I feel sure that if the Corporation of Exeter had had the facts of the present case brought before them they would never have insisted upon the payment of a toll which they clearly would have had no right to insist on if the plaintiff had but claimed exemption upon landing the limestone . |
| 4 | with , you know , there 's some super patients I 'd love to take it to , and I do n't think they probably would have minded if having having thought about it if I 'd asked . |
| 5 | They never got the key from me , they never would have got it , but that was no hindrance . |
| 6 | They never would have initiated it before , although they knew I was gay . |
| 7 | Although we do not have such specific documentation for Louis I , married to Marie Mauger , and his sons Jacques ( -Jean ) , Louis and Jean they too would have manufactured under a single family mark . |
| 8 | They too would have liked to have done further training . |
| 9 | Even those that succeeded in coming alive were populated in their early days mostly by foreigners , that is , by non-Cornishmen , or they too would have failed . |
| 10 | But surely they too would have preferred a decision to an indefinite postponement . |
| 11 | Perhaps they have been fearful that supporting lesbian colleagues would mean they too would have to come out . |