Example sentences of "or they would [adv] have " in BNC.
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1 | They were people who had reason to be suspicious , or they would not have paid so highly for Hayman 's services . |
2 | They were not the cream or they would not have found their way to this worthless place . |
3 | None of the Khans believed that Artai was so incapable of controlling the violence of his temperament , Alexei thought , or they would not have elected him . |
4 | ‘ His jailers were certain he intended to have me killed , or they would not have treated me thus . ’ |
5 | Boys , young lads , not happy boys or they would not have sat so loosely to life that they could come the way of their murderer . |
6 | ‘ Someone must be with them or they would n't have got up there , ’ said Maud reasonably . |
7 | " Silly question , of course you must be or they would n't have let you out . " |
8 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
9 | Presumably the French had believed her , or they would hardly have let her go . |
10 | It had to be , he had to do something or they would never have er got In other ways in was a lenient school because as the years went by it was , a register was called , a teacher er opened a book and we called numbers . |
11 | I do n't suppose No they would n't have any warning about this going to happen or they would never have taking a lot of bairns down among it . |
12 | Desire , yes , of course , or they would never have ended up like this , but also a reluctant fascination and a curiously protective tendency that she found both touching and revealing . |