Example sentences of "but it would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 2 | But it would have damaged local democracy . |
| 3 | It was n't as convincing as she 'd like , but it would have to do . |
| 4 | ‘ You could n't have taken it on , even you would have had to see that , but it would have worried you sick . |
| 5 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 6 | But it would have made no difference to his attitude to Matilda : for him — whatever the circumstances in which she had been removed — she was a runaway nun who should be forced to return to her convent . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , I wanted to take you to lunch at the Ritz , like we did last time , but it would have made us so late in Calking . |
| 8 | ‘ But it would have made all the difference to Project Eden , ’ Cheryl muttered . |
| 9 | OK , in the end the board would have told him to sod off , but it would have made him look better . |
| 10 | I but it would have made me jump . |
| 11 | We can not know whether a British Government that genuinely wanted a Russian alliance could have produced a different result — but it would have stood a chance . |
| 12 | Forester had an idea of how he might get the additional information , but it would have to wait until tomorrow . |
| 13 | The blanket ban on the publishers not only would have led to virtually nothing being bought for the borough 's libraries , but it would have denied the borough those titles which do serve the fight against racism . |
| 14 | Within each State , of course , the accidents people are in close touch with their own airworthiness authorities , but it would have caused disruption if the accident investigators of the UK had contracted the airworthiness authorities in the USA thereby cutting the others out of the information loop . |
| 15 | She said another member of the family would have been able to help after the theft but it would have caused more inconvenience . |
| 16 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 17 | But it would have meant destroying part of the ancient Lugg Meadow . |
| 18 | Mr Fowler conceded that a union might not always be able to do this but it would have to show that it had used its best endeavours . |
| 19 | But it would have to come back , passing anywhere in an area of a quarter of a mile either side . |
| 20 | But it would have required a conversation between them in circumstances when the subject of an imminent new reign could naturally have been discussed . |
| 21 | That would not have been the end of it , but it would have put off the worst , and Tutilo seldom looks beyond the day . |
| 22 | I think what I imagined erm Miss Whittaker and Chairman is that erm if you get the criteria right then this exceptions policy would also be an exception to I eleven , but it would have to pass this criteria . |
| 23 | ‘ But it would have had you . |
| 24 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 25 | I wanted to come home when we finished playing , but it would have seemed rude not to stay to tea when the granny had made it . |
| 26 | They would probably not bring very much bear meat at all , because Lugh was not especially partial to bear meat , but it would have looked odd to say this . |
| 27 | Dancing had been suggested but it would have bust the spell , and moves by Mallachy and Rory to get them off alone were put down with spiteful glee , accepted with good humour . |
| 28 | Wade himself described the surrender of Carlisle as ‘ very scandalous and shameful , if not treacherous ’ , but it would have held out if he had been more encouraging . |
| 29 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 30 | This is a short-cut walkers are not supposed to take , to prevent erosion , but it would have taken a man with a Rotweiler and a machine-gun to stop me , so desperate was I to get back to the car and home . |