Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 No somebody would 've noticed that .
2 I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment
3 Would 've gone nice with me collection .
4 I never thought he would — would 've done that .
5 un unfortunately he has but , you know , and James goes , he goes God that really does n't sound like Sal , I really would n't have thought he would 've done that to you .
6 ‘ The kiosk would 've done good business today , ’ thought Marie .
7 It would 've sounded most odd .
8 and that was what , I mean if they had erm decided to take more te point of view and to increase production through improved methods of farming and so on , that prob erm I mean we can see that that would 've created higher yields and that , because we 've assessed the situation now
9 but you probably would 've missed other things .
10 B b because I would 've thought that
11 Well in one they 've got a roof over their head and in the other they have n't , I would 've thought that was a rather major difference .
12 Because I would 've thought most golf
13 Measured by the middle group 's criteria they would 've had three then would they ?
14 Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status .
15 Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play .
16 erm it 's a case of whether I , I would 've expected that , that an analysis of that over a significant period of time w would even out , really .
17 Looking back , every solo on ‘ Rust In Peace ’ would 've needed another three or four hours ' more work to have satisfied Max , because they 're all in and out of time .
18 No I would 've forgotten that anyway .
19 ‘ I would 've found that out this morning .
20 Hunter , one can assume , would have advocated chemical treatment of the entire body .
21 The postponement — announced at the beginning of the year and rationalized on the grounds that , with legislative and presidential elections due to be held in 1992 , a third set of elections would have involved undue expense — was also condemned by a growing number of student protesters and threatened to become a key issue in the campaign leading up to the presidential elections in December .
22 This the Society secured for solicitors conducting investment business exemption from the terms of the EC Investment Services Directive , which would have involved burdensome compliance with associated capital requirements .
23 There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together .
24 To have attempted otherwise would have involved methodological problems given the nature of the responses that were received .
25 If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that .
26 But the American economy depended a great deal on mass consumption — and higher wages would have enabled that consumption to continue to increase .
27 That would have enabled any controversial remark to be edited .
28 In contrast , graduated tails would have constituted uncheatable handicaps even in their simplest form , and so are more likely to have evolved as reliable indicators of the viability of potential mates .
29 A station there would have constituted one of the wonders of the world .
30 She was dressed simply enough in a brown gown with a lacy ruff round the neck but she would have outshone any queen .
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