Example sentences of "father would [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father would probably have agreed with him , had he given the subject his attention . |
| 2 | As to Mrs. Leapor 's dramatic writings , it would not be overrating their merit to say that much worse plays have succeeded on the stage : yet it is probable her Unhappy Father would not have pleased in the acting . |
| 3 | My father would not have approved . |
| 4 | ‘ My father would n't have given a lift to anyone . |
| 5 | His hat remained in the hall ; his photograph in the silver-plated frame , polished twice a week , presided over the sitting room ; his memory was invoked , especially during Peter 's teens , in sentences that began with the ominous words , ‘ I know for a fact that your father would n't have wanted you to … . ’ |
| 6 | Surely there 'd been too little time , but then her father would n't have needed much time , would he ? |
| 7 | His father would never have heard of Isaac Rosenberg , an English poet , killed in the last weeks of the ‘ war to end all wars ’ . |
| 8 | I 'm certain my father would never have allowed it . |
| 9 | Our father would never have allowed — ’ |
| 10 | Sir David Attenborough , naturalist and former BBC2 controller , invoked the craggy ghost of Lord Reith to declare that the BBC 's founding father would never have allowed it . |
| 11 | My father would never have let me start digging up our graveyard for family pets otherwise , so off they had to go , departing this life in the rather undignified garb of half a badminton shuttlecock . |