Example sentences of "that he would have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 2 | I like to think that he would have accepted that art is work , that the work that frees us , and is not just ‘ punishment ’ , is art , and that anyone who uses his imagination is an artist . |
| 3 | Despite the ambassador 's protest that he would have to present his credentials in his shirt-sleeves the next morning , our baggage was unloaded . |
| 4 | The England hooker , who has already said that he would have accepted only the usual expenses had he undertaken this summer 's tour of the Republic marking the South African Rugby Board 's centenary , has now been quoted as saying that ‘ remuneration was mentioned . ’ |
| 5 | When the final draft was completed , shortly after midnight in his suite at the Imperial Hotel , it was made known that he would have nothing to say to markets on this occasion . |
| 6 | His conference speech was marked by the absence of any reference to membership of the European exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) , and in a BBC interview he added that he would have ‘ no announcement to make about that ’ in his key speech at the Mansion House next week . |
| 7 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
| 8 | He confides that he would have liked to have ‘ taken a crack at another big public objective , . |
| 9 | It meant , too , that he would have some troops of his own again . |
| 10 | He knew that he would have to go to her if he wanted her . |
| 11 | It was something that he would have to find out . |
| 12 | But there is no guarantee that he would have succeeded . |
| 13 | The debate was opened by David Trippier , Minister of State for the Environment , who said the House could debate no issue of more immediate importance … and then announced that he would have to leave early to present the Young Environmentalist of the Year award at a lunch . |
| 14 | McLeish reflected uncomfortably that he would have to be very circumspect in his dealings with Catherine , with this beady-eyed observer around the place . |
| 15 | Next day he had a better idea , and sent word to Mr Shankar that he would have to go instead . |
| 16 | First were the ‘ political realities ’ that faced him ; second , he said , was his fear that he would have to campaign negatively in order to succeed . |
| 17 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 18 | He had believed after all the jogging that he would have the rate denoted as an athlete 's on his chart . |
| 19 | Just as he started to feel that he could not endure it any longer , that he would have to struggle , Doyle 's fingers relaxed slightly . |
| 20 | He started to be afraid that he would have to slow down , even to walk . |
| 21 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 22 | ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’ |
| 23 | He added that Mr Kinnock would have been the better orator , but that he would have won on detail and facts . |
| 24 | It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House . |
| 25 | ‘ No organisation , no individual , could have threatened his security , but Najibullah , because of the threat of the restoration of peace and the fear that he would have to answer for some of his past deeds , tried to flee , ’ said Mr Wakil . |
| 26 | That maintenance was continued so long is probably due to the fact that Gordon Thomas , its instigator , had by this time become General Manager of the Grand Junction Company , and it is understandable that he would have been reluctant to preside over the disintegration of the lift , his most original and spectacular achievement . |
| 27 | He put three mugs on a tray and poured coffee so that he would have something to do when he went into the living-room . |
| 28 | Or , had she preferred it , she was sure that he would have agreed to her continuing to work for a time . |
| 29 | Don McCullin was n't allowed to go , which he thinks was because of the kind of images that he would have produced . |
| 30 | Eamonn Melaugh told the mayor that he would have to take the consequences of any violence caused in trying to clear the chamber . |