Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 2 | You know , because I think we as parish council would have thought that we were interfering if we suggested that we should go to observe somebody 's group meeting . |
| 3 | Went into the supermarket and it said and it said pour , not it said erm pour le animal , well any fool would have thought that was poor the animals , and Carol said that looks nice , we 'll , we 'll have a pile of that ! |
| 4 | No religious person would have thought so . |
| 5 | As the dance continued , some of them began to snap their limbs about with convulsive movements that Ace would have thought would have dislocated those limbs in an instant . |
| 6 | But the question must arise : what was it that Handel and his assistant would have thought of as a large harpsichord in 1750 ? |
| 7 | THE LIDs OVER the cannons ' eyes slid open as the pirogues approached ; the watch would have thought that he was only imagining the narrow prows breaking the black water , but the order had been given , ‘ Full alert ’ , and so the English sailor trusted his eyes and raised the alarm . |
| 8 | I would have thought someone of Mr Vivian 's experience would have thought of this . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 10 | Only a sentimental , middle-class idiot would have thought of it . |
| 11 | ‘ I wonder , ’ said Robert idly , ‘ what the prophet would have thought about computer games . ’ |
| 12 | I have often wondered what my guest would have thought when I got back if I had told him I had just been beaten . |
| 13 | There is no reason to think that Anselm would have thought there was any contradiction between personal humility and the display of the greatness of his office : quite the contrary , humility and grandeur met in the exercise of his function as a ruler . |
| 14 | ‘ Quite a change , ’ said Jane , wondering what mother would have thought of this fashion plate . |
| 15 | Because I think one of the extraordinary changes that have taken place in history at professional level is the much greater interest in things that older historian would have thought was outside their province . |