Example sentences of "but she would have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her family had tried to stop the marriage , but she would have followed him anywhere in the world . |
| 2 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 3 | But she would have fallen off anyway once the hunt started out in earnest . |
| 4 | Jezrael hated being the only one there who wore a bodysuit but she would have hated more the embarrassment of displaying herself with all her imperfections to the crude and lumpen miners . |
| 5 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 6 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 7 | Not that she would be unable to manage , but she would have liked to leave in happier circumstances . |
| 8 | A good shower helped , but she would have liked to go down and search for a stiff drink . |
| 9 | She was dressed simply enough in a brown gown with a lacy ruff round the neck but she would have outshone any queen . |
| 10 | But she would have telephoned first . |
| 11 | The VDs were n't part of her arsenal , but she would have appreciated their style . |
| 12 | But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning , without the encouragement of her valentine . |
| 13 | So much detail was not available to her then but she would have agreed to it all and later she would be able to describe more of the room , the contents of the cabinets , even the names of the people represented in the photographs on top of the piano ; she did not know then that this was the first of many visits to this room . |
| 14 | But she would have taken more pains than I ( and far more than Roger ) not to hurt them . |
| 15 | My mother undoubtedly had been counting , but she would have put the numbers out of her mind since they were evidence , at the very least , of instability on the part of her future son-in-law . |
| 16 | But she would have woken at the sound of an engine . |