Example sentences of "he would [verb] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , from Highgate has said if the good lord wanted cats to fly he would 've given them wings , it 's cruel doing things like that to animals . |
| 2 | Louis examined Trent with less emotion than he would have given a sandwich . |
| 3 | One upper-class motherless boy moved to live with a great-uncle who ‘ treated me with the same affection which he would have given to a son . |
| 4 | At the moment , he would have given quite a lot to stay here , and never return to the other cities again . |
| 5 | Had she encouraged him he would have given more . |
| 6 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 7 | It was not an answer he would have given to many people , but he looked on Edna as an equal . |
| 8 | ‘ If Allah had intended us to fly , he would have given us wings , not arms , ’ the policeman had replied . |
| 9 | If the stranger had not been there , he would have given them an account of what had happened . |
| 10 | The answer is not difficult , if we remember that each meeting of the Assembly was different in composition from all others ; personal oratory and ascendancy , not party organization , decided the issues , and that is why the absence of Kimon mattered so much : he would have given his usual speech on the ‘ special relationship ’ with Sparta , urging that nothing be done to the Athenian constitution to which oligarchic Sparta would take mortal offence . |
| 11 | At that moment he would have given up every moment of his past and future freedom to have her at his side . |
| 12 | No doubt he would have given the world to call her back , but he would not give his chance of heaven . |
| 13 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 14 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 15 | He would have given Archie a hard time , I 'm sure of it . |
| 16 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 17 | Had it not been for Pam 's voice cajoling him onward and upward , he would have given up the struggle . |
| 18 | He would have given anything for her unadulterated attention and approval . |
| 19 | The judge applied a multiplier of 12 years ; and he said that he would have given a multiplier of ten , but he gave 12 to protect against the possibility of future inflation . |
| 20 | Now originally he would have given it to the servers who would have taken it out here . |
| 21 | After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be . |
| 22 | ‘ — he would have given them wings . |
| 23 | He would have given more to the old woman , but Marshall , despite the way he looked , was probably well heeled . |
| 24 | He would have given anything to believe that Isambard was lying . |