Example sentences of "but [pron] [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bristol did n't have their strongest side out but nothing would have stopped Gloucester on saturday … skipper Ian Smith scored the last try … 38-11 … just what coach keith richardson wanted |
| 2 | He was one of the most accomplished debaters in the Government but nothing would have saved him from the mauling . |
| 3 | We expected a big postbag but nothing could have prepared us for the fantastic response we received ! |
| 4 | But nothing could have prepared her for the intimacy of the pictures . |
| 5 | But nothing could have prepared Gould for the transformation he witnessed on the journey back to Yarrundi from Maitland . |
| 6 | Mandy had warned her that storms came up fast on the lake , but nothing could have prepared her for blue skies being annihilated by black storm-clouds in just a matter of minutes . |
| 7 | But nothing could have prepared the troops in the trenches for the carnage that was to follow . |
| 8 | Her head and heart were in turmoil but no-one would have guessed it when later that evening she and Charles entertained 800 of their friends and family at a ball inside Buckingham Palace . |
| 9 | To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it . |
| 10 | ‘ But I may have become blind to its charms . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again . |
| 12 | ‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’ |
| 13 | But I would have gone further . |
| 14 | But I would have imagined that an intelligent woman like you would know how to get herself out of it again . ’ |
| 15 | But I would have to give the money to him , mind . ’ |
| 16 | On the day when I was wilting with heat my feet were not in the least sweaty , but I would have liked more support — I thought it barely adequate except for lowland walking . |
| 17 | But I would have liked daughters because they can help me best in my work . |
| 18 | I do thank Mr for this report , but I would have liked to have seen that the chief executive had been a signatory to it as well . |
| 19 | ‘ I think we are already safe , but I would have liked to help make sure , ’ said Rogan . |
| 20 | But I would have liked to have got the napkins to match , but she said they do n't come in with the napkins . |
| 21 | Oh I 'm not bothered about things like that , but I would have liked a decent size garden . |
| 22 | It has its pointers to the future , but I would have forgiven any Vienna professor in 1876 who failed to predict what was to follow . |
| 23 | He expresses scepticism about Frankfurt 's boast of being able to fill their stadium for every session : ‘ I do n't think they will get 9,000 every day , but I would have achieved that here , where we have developed an audience for the game . |
| 24 | I said I had no objections , but I would have to ask , you know , the committee if they had because she 's not a member as such , but obviously has been going on all the year . |
| 25 | It was horrible not being able to move but I would have done anything to keep my babies . |
| 26 | But I would have done anyway . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I thought that you would never come home , but I would have waited until the cock crowed . ’ |
| 28 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 29 | ‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that . |
| 30 | I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis . |