Example sentences of "that [vb mod] have done " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hearing about Clydebank on the radio , ’ replied Fireman Bill , blowing out a cloud of smoke that would have done credit to the Queen Mary . |
| 2 | So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ? |
| 3 | I knocked eventually on the door of the horse-car and , after inspection and formalities that would have done an Iron Curtain country proud , was admitted again by Ms Brown to the holy of holies . |
| 4 | He said in a grave tone that would have done credit to the S.M.O. , ‘ So she is still having to stay in her bedroom ? |
| 5 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 6 | Janice said suddenly , throwing herself at me and enveloping my upper torso in a hug that would have done credit to a grizzly . |
| 7 | But he controlled himself — there was a force of mandroids that would have done the controlling , otherwise — and merely snarled a reply that left the old pirate fuming . |
| 8 | And he added , in a voice that would have done credit to an elder of the Wee Frees , ‘ If he is yer brother , then ye 've been committin' incest . |
| 9 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 10 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 11 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |