Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But James Bond would 've handled it differently . ’ |
| 2 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 3 | ‘ That would 've made them even madder . |
| 4 | We would 've dropped her back . |
| 5 | It would 've taken me about four hours to do it . |
| 6 | I reckon it would 've taken you most of the night . ’ |
| 7 | If I 'd have said , By the way at the end of this I have to take your photograph it would 've put you off . |
| 8 | While it appears that both James and Williams agreed that without an ascendant industrial bourgeoisie , the abolitionists ‘ would have preached themselves as black in the face as any Negro ’ . |
| 9 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 10 | Judging by the many Figures covered by the first letter of the alphabet — fifty-eight at the beginning — it can be appreciated that Miller had been justly advised ; such expansion throughout the work would have priced it far outside the purse of the ‘ generality ’ if , indeed , it could have been completed in his lifetime . |
| 11 | I thought all your neighbours would have phoned her up and told her . |
| 12 | FOX : There is something in thy person that attracts everyone 's notice , but if a sack had not been a profane thing it would have become thee almost as well . |
| 13 | If he had been alert to everyday things he knew he would have heard it sooner . |
| 14 | ‘ If , in the opinion of the judges , you theoretically land a blow which would have killed somebody outright , you win by something called ippon , or one point , ’ John explains . |
| 15 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 16 | But in spite of everything perhaps it was just as well that none of the things they could see … none of the plump fish or chickens being toasted on skewers , none of the creamy breads , chapatis , nan , and parathas , none of the richly bubbling curries and glistening mounds of rice , which the skeletons ' scarlet rimmed eyes could see in their lenses and at which they glared for hour after hour that none of these things were available , for in their starved and debilitated condition it was very likely that a heavy curry would have killed them as dead as a cannon ball . |
| 17 | A second goal would have killed them off but we did n't manage to get it . |
| 18 | And I knew , out there , that he would have killed me rather than let me get away . |
| 19 | She 's just that if she did n't take that potion of mine she would have killed herself anyway . |
| 20 | If that agreement is already deeply ailing , the Syrian invasion would have killed it off . |
| 21 | I felt sure that if Mr Reed had lived he would have treated me kindly , and now , as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow , I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise . |
| 22 | She had not told Tony either , because she knew he 'd want her to have an abortion , and she would have refused , and this would have split them up . |
| 23 | I thought that 's big of you , I mean , I would have charged him more anyway |
| 24 | ‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that . |
| 25 | The narrower corners and restrictions on aerodynamics slowed the entrants in this year 's race — at 223.967mph , the pole speed of Arie Luyendyk , the fastest qualifier , would have placed him far back in the field in 1992 . |
| 26 | ‘ I would have kissed you long ago if I 'd known a simple kiss could have so miraculous an effect . ’ |
| 27 | He has a good action and if there had been anything wrong with the ball , he would have swung it too . |
| 28 | This meant that they would n't be back before the pubs closed , but I also knew that if they knew who I was going out with they would have locked me in . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps I would have liked him too — if I 'd known him . ’ |
| 30 | As David Trippier from the Department of the Environment said , this is two-and-a-half years ahead of the schedule laid down by the Montreal protocol — and the government would have liked it even faster . |