Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] [prep] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said all that , you 'd have hoped for tighter marking on the best striker in England when he 's already got 2 goals ! ! |
| 2 | If it had not been for a visitor arriving then and her being obliged to leave instantly she had no doubt they would have waded into deeper waters and she knew she would not have been sorry . |
| 3 | Mr Baker has returned to the backbenches to concentrate on his writing , leaving the talented Mr David Hunt , who would have gained from wider Cabinet experience , at the Welsh Office . |
| 4 | Once I had started to work with the children , I did exactly what I would have done with older children — or adult learners . |
| 5 | The noble land-owners ' outlook was that of passive rentiers who made it a point of pride to be cheated by their bailiffs ; even if entail had not put technical difficulties in the way of raising capital it is hard to believe that Spanish aristocrats would have conceived of higher rents as a reward of investment . |
| 6 | Normally Baccy would have come in closer but the wind was onshore and the storm could n't be more than an hour away . |
| 7 | Agreements or understandings could cover price-fixing and/or sharing out the available work without resorting to competition ( which would have resulted in lower prices ) . |