Example sentences of "that [noun prp] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I 'm in no doubt at all that Ian would have provided the most engrossing portrait of all . |
| 2 | This is not because it can be proved one way or the other that either or neither version is the type of play that Marlowe would have written . |
| 3 | I mean who would have thought that Tranmere would have lost four nil ? |
| 4 | Later it become known that Stewart would have preferred as fullback Bob Barrell , a hefty man from Stewart 's area , Wanganui , who was a famed goal-kicker . |
| 5 | The friar just stared at him and concluded that Fitzosbert would have liked to have been born a woman . |
| 6 | It is possible that Offa would have liked Ecgfrith to have been consecrated either by the pope or by the papal legates . |
| 7 | It was so hot that Perdita would have liked to have worn shorts or a dress , but her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps and were oozing and itching like mad , so she settled for her pale pink jeans and a dark blue shirt . |
| 8 | After more than an hour of deliberation at a North London hotel the tribunal ruled that Chelsea would have to pay Swindon 75,000 pounds and an extra 2,000 for every appearance Hoddle makes up to a maximum of fifty . |
| 9 | It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition . |
| 10 | This may seem a curious exception , but it is as well to remember that Gregory would have known of the versification of Sulpicius Severus 's Life of St Martin by Paulinus of Périgueux , and that he counted among his friends the poet Venantius Fortunatus , himself the author of a poetic work on the miracles of St Martin . |
| 11 | But Cassie strongly suspected that Johnny would have got there in the end , without any help from Bella . |
| 12 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 13 | It has nevertheless given rise to such widespread misunderstanding in subsequent interpretations of his model that Keynes would have done better to exclude all discussion of money wage rigidity from the main body of the General Theory . |
| 14 | Oil industry officials said that Mexico would have to import some petrol products until a new 300,000 bpd plant was completed . |
| 15 | Though I had the distinct impression that Edward would have preferred me to leave too , he said nothing , merely drummed his fingers on the desk top , then snapped , ‘ Well ? ’ into the receiver . |
| 16 | It seems unlikely that Minkowski would have come across Smith 's earlier work directly , but he may have seen the reference to them in a paper of Ferdinand Frobenius , which appeared in the main German mathematical journal shortly before the competition was announced . |
| 17 | He was confident that Barnes would have trained without discomfort before being dispatched to join the squad at their Buckinghamshire headquarters . |
| 18 | Mildred dived for Ethel 's bench , knowing that Ethel would have made the best potion of all , and there it was , dark green and bubbling in the cauldron , with a half-full test-tube conveniently spilling a puddle of the liquid onto the bench . |
| 19 | Not that Denholm would have claimed to be anything of what he would have said to be the ridiculous kind . |
| 20 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 21 | Alice saw that Roberta would have laughed at this , had Faye 's mood permitted it . |
| 22 | The few pieces of furniture looked old , solid , and unprepossessing , the kind of stuff that Pete would have expected to see at the bargain end of a market-town auction . |
| 23 | There was no doubt that Derbyshire would have preferred to re-register Mohammad Azharuddin this summer , to give the Trinidadian further time to recuperate , but Bishop insisted on returning to fulfil his contract and has fully justified his claim of full fitness with bowling of the highest calibre . |
| 24 | The sense of excitement that Ruth would have had might have changed a wee bit to almost a little bit of fear . |
| 25 | It is no secret that Zeneca would have liked to launch a straightforward international equity issue , to increase its receipts . |
| 26 | One receives the strong impression that Tolkien would have continued to write his gnominsh grammars , his elvish etymologies , his histories of mythological lost ages , his wanted to read them or not . |
| 27 | The king was more distressed by his death than by that of any other person except his own sister , and it seems certain that Berkeley would have received further advancement had he lived . |
| 28 | The commanding officer had given them more details of the crash and assured them that Whitey would have died quickly , although his body was badly burned . |
| 29 | Jennie explained that rhythm and co-ordination were very important and that Katharine would have to keep Benji collected . |
| 30 | In this instance the foul play was the deliberate knock-down , and Derek had to be sure that Rory would have caught the ball and that no Australian would have legally prevented him scoring a try . |