Example sentences of "would have [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Think about it and let us know when you get back — we wo n't pressure you , but I know you 'd have nothing to do but relax and be your wondrous self . ’
2 You 'd have us excommunicated and hanged inside a month .
3 He and his friends would have me scoffed and hounded out of the county rather than see my house completed .
4 She was not about to be drawn into any argument with the count and she was shakily aware that any of her usual remarks would bring swift retaliation , probably spectacular aerobatics that would have her screaming and confessing madly to the sin of femininity .
5 Clare had planned so often the details of her own wedding , so often pictured herself , radiant in a long , white dress with train , leaning on her father 's arm , advancing with a slow , fragile step down the aisle towards Mark , handsome and smiling in morning dress , while the organ pealed and the candles and flowers blazed , and the guests beamed and whispered in the crowded pews — that she felt a surge of pity for the girl who would have nothing to remember but this sordid little ceremony .
6 I told her that we already had the tape and that she would have nothing to do but be there and play the role .
7 ‘ T was such a strange place to … but Matilda said she would have you killed and
8 And then once I suppose he would n't make it in the house would he he would have it made and brought to the house .
9 Looked at more closely , however , the Greek example is not as powerful or effective as Goody and Watt would have us believe and we would need to be cautious in drawing any general implications from it .
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