Example sentences of "would [vb infin] given [pers pn] " 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 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 3 | You had a choice of an eight or a three I had two jacks and a king you chose the three , the two turned up that would 've given you eight and a but you picked the three so that 'll give you more in the box as well an three hit your three hit your hand as well so |
| 4 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 5 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 6 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 7 | no good it 's three times too much so he must have started off with X cubed over three and that would 've given us one third of three X squared |
| 8 | If she had cashed in her units at that day 's prices , just two of 102 ‘ UK general ’ trusts recorded by Finstat ( a Financial Times subsidiary ) would have given her back 100% or more of the money she put in a year earlier . |
| 9 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
| 10 | It was precisely the advice April would have given her . |
| 11 | Even without the simple affirmation his face would have given her the answer ; he looked pale and drawn , as if he had slept even less than she had . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think that she expected me to run down the shot ’ said Emmons , referring to her magnificent dash across the baseline to reach an all but winning forehand from Bentley which would have given her not only the first set , but also the psychological ‘ first blood ’ . |
| 13 | If your wife had answered I would have given her a load of old cods . |
| 14 | She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure . |
| 15 | Her arrangement with CBS would have given her a 100-per-cent shareholding in her own company . |
| 16 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 17 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 18 | Now what would have happened if her broker came to this convention and heard about their disease , and two years ago sold her a disease policy , that would have given her two hundred thousand pounds , on the diagnosis of the disease . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Had my wife — her grandmother — been alive when Rose was orphaned she would have given her what she needed — and never received from her own mother — stability — a moral code . ’ |
| 21 | Winning the John Moores would have given me just the confidence I needed . |
| 22 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 23 | Certainly , the illness would have given me plenty of opportunities to make strings of fireworks fizzle and explode in bright , whirling wheels of sulphurous pain in and behind Miller 's word-jellied eyeballs . |
| 24 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 25 | Jackson , who failed in the Olympics , said : ‘ I had to win , or the rest of the boys would have given me stick , particularly Linford . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 27 | Liz would have given me a thermos and a book . |
| 28 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 29 | That would have given me power over him . ) |
| 30 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |