Example sentences of "another [noun sg] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all prophecy , the signs were in the eye of the beholder , and perhaps another witness would have seen quite different forms In the blur . |
| 2 | Surely , only another auction would have revealed it — or otherwise ? |
| 3 | In the 14 previous games under his management , Coventry had drawn eight , five of them goalless , and another point would have edged them closer to safety . |
| 4 | Although , of course , it goes without saying another outcome would have pleased them better . " |
| 5 | There does seem to have been a genuine feeling of outrage within the profession at the proposal to disregard the two competitions , and probably if Scott had not stirred , another architect would have taken the initiative . |
| 6 | Another penny would have made it a tidy |
| 7 | Perhaps only another woman would have noticed . ’ |
| 8 | While another woman would have had hysterics all over him because of the rain and his wound , Isabel had had enough presence of mind to realise they could not be followed in such inclement weather . |
| 9 | Another man would have kicked it to hell . |
| 10 | Another man would have gone away , would have pretended we were not there , would have stood looking up at the wall-plaques and the windows until we had gone safely away . |
| 11 | The way the battle was going , another half-hour would have seen the Northumbrian army beaten to shreds . |
| 12 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
| 13 | ‘ If one of our boys was good enough to play and was not getting a chance with Yorkshire , then surely another county would have taken him . |
| 14 | Whatever another homosexual would have felt , he would not , presumably , have felt insulted . |