Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had planned to buy a flat with Geraldine but realized that if — no , when — John came back I would rather have a home all set up for him .
2 Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro .
3 Well what I would what I would do erm I would rather have a commitment for a date to start when you go out of here and if you say if you 've got if you 've got something that comes up then fine .
4 I would rather have an RSPCA worker who retained the capacity to weep than one hardened to the darker necessities of the job .
5 Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it .
6 So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on .
7 But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’
8 The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own .
9 I would never have the chance of an adventure like this again .
10 I knew I would never have the courage to go and ask for my job back after the baby was born , even if circumstances allowed it ; it would soon be filled again , and it 's always horrible to go back to a place where you 've been happy in your own little niche and find somebody else in it .
11 And one final thought — if I ever come across any Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III they would fit very well into my tank , with the Uaru , and then I would really have a dream come true !
12 Less than one month after she and David were married , and knowing that he himself would never have the courage to ask , Beth had gone to Luther Reynolds with a certain proposition .
13 This is of practical importance particularly in the case of closely held companies or wholly-owned subsidiaries where the conduct complained of may well have received unanimous shareholder assent , which would otherwise have the effect of regularising the transaction and hence preventing the liquidator from taking remedial action .
14 Some two million years ago our ancestors began to fashion stone tools and launched an evolutionary career which would ultimately have an impact on the entire planet .
15 Not only was she exultant at the thought of a holiday in London , but she would also have a week removed from the constant worry of Gareth Davis .
16 She would probably have the right to do so in the court in Germany which would have jurisdiction in relation to the place where the events happened , assuming that German law recognises the ground of action contemplated .
17 Sir Nicolas Brown-Wilkinson V-C added that the section is really concerned with helping a liquidator fill in the gaps of any missing information in the company 's records , so that the or she would then have the knowledge that the company should have .
18 Dawn astonished doctors by becoming pregnant as she waited for a hysterectomy after being told she would never have a child .
19 Perhaps she would never have a child .
20 She would never have a confrontation but she would get things done her way .
21 It had occurred to her that by devoting her life to her work she would never have the chance to look after her own babies , and her thoughts turned once more to the young man with the dark wavy hair and the expressive blue eyes .
22 She had always promised herself she would never have an affair with a married man .
23 Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out .
24 Perhaps there was some amount of crafty deception here , as he explained to the National Defence Association : ‘ By not insisting on military drill we catch a lot of boys who would otherwise have no idea of coming into the education that we are trying to give . ’
25 What would happen is the prescription would be written and they 'd either get it from the chemist who would constantly have a stock coming in or the hospital .
26 And then it would er at that time you would just have the tank workers and the quarry workers .
27 You would still have the problem of needing a large gamma ray detector to observe several gamma ray quanta from the explosion .
28 ‘ Mrs Porter uses it or this small room off it , just here , as a sitting-room occasionally , but she does n't live in , so you would virtually have the run of this part of the house . ’
29 You would then have the right to organise her work and most certainly you would see to it that she had little or no large-animal work .
30 Erm I found the , the greeting and the appropriate sociability to start with very hesitant but I think that was most probably just nerves on your part Robert , I do n't think it was something that you would usually have a problem with .
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