Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be honest , I do n't think they 'd have done that a year ago Brian . |
| 2 | But if he 'd have had some a little bit of direction |
| 3 | Despite what you apparently think , I certainly did n't avoid you intentionally and , in any case , if your theory were correct , then surely I 'd have avoided all the male actors ? ’ |
| 4 | What we would demand given half a chance : Electro-shock treatment for anyone with home-made tattoos . |
| 5 | What might be called a conservative legal-constitutionalism is a consistent theme within Tory-Anglican thought throughout our period , even though not all Tory Anglicans would have argued such a position at all times with the same degree of commitment . |
| 6 | As I have just indicated , the anthropologists of Tylor 's generation would have viewed such a suggestion with contempt . |
| 7 | This development on the green belt of Ipswich is partly because of the Conservative Government withering away the planning powers of borough councils , who in the past would have dismissed such a planning application as this , on the grounds that housing and industry should not mix and that it is desirable to have a green buffer zone between the two . |
| 8 | Lucky for you that you are the only bank in Juniper Green , otherwise I would have transferred all the Club 's funds long ago . |
| 9 | I was dubious at first because since her illness Jennifer has become a very private person and I do n't think she would have liked all the hubbub over in the other section ; but here — ’ she glanced round at the softly decorated walls , the strategically placed water-colours and the subdued lighting ‘ — here , I think , could well be the answer . ’ |
| 10 | The expense of the American War of Independence , Priestley pointed out , ‘ would have converted all the waste ground of this country into gardens . |
| 11 | Warriors who fought with El Cid would have employed such an amalgam of both kinds of weaponry . |
| 12 | Although Carlson felt there was some connection with the chaos and anarchy erupting over the Althosian system he was sure none of the Freedom Party supporters would have devised such a ruthless method for annihilating the elite . |
| 13 | By the end of the period of imperial expansion , in the middle of the twentieth century , it was widely believed that everyone in the world should be a citizen of an independent and sovereign state and should have the same rights as all the other citizens in the state , but in 1500 very few people would have understood such a notion . |
| 14 | Outgoing Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir was reported on June 27 to have said in an interview with the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv : " I would have carried on autonomy talks for 10 years and meanwhile we would have reached half a million souls in Judea and Samaria [ the West Bank ] … |
| 15 | It occurred to Lyn — fleetingly , to be gone in a moment that most men would have broken such a thing more gently to their wives . |
| 16 | Where if they would have grown bigger the erm , it would have balanced it . |
| 17 | Now if it so happened that the A sixty one was seen as a marginally shorter route , then the model would have sent all the through traffic along the A s sixty one and none along around the bypass . |
| 18 | If anything , the return of the land to the practising farmers by the land Acts would have strengthened such a morality . |
| 19 | Probably they would have lost all the same , but another bowler might have made it much closer . |
| 20 | Although I would have kept all the notes and drafts and I could , therefore , reconstruct how a poem is written , it 's my experience that once it 's been written it 's very hard for me to imagine back to the time when it was n't written . |
| 21 | Both would have seen all the relevant documents either before or during the course of the trial . |
| 22 | John Smith tried to kill off such speculation by emphasising that in a general election last week 's results would have given Labour a majority of 87 . |
| 23 | The lass is right , she thought — in her place , I would have given much the same answer . |
| 24 | How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ? |
| 25 | ‘ It would have saved all the cleaning and clearing that 's going on today , but I suppose we simply did what we always do . |
| 26 | Leonora settled down to her breakfast in a better frame of mind than she would have believed possible the day before . |
| 27 | Who would have believed this a short time ago ? … |
| 28 | His father could n't be home yet because he would have turned half the lights off again . |
| 29 | No sensible designer would have conceived such a monstrosity if given a free hand to create a flatfish on a clean drawing board . |
| 30 | ‘ But it would have made all the difference to Project Eden , ’ Cheryl muttered . |