Example sentences of "would have put a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I left because no one could take what he 's had to take ; surely he 'd have put a gun to his mouth by now ? |
| 2 | Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window . |
| 3 | ‘ Human nature being what it is , my guess is that any maid worth her salt would have put a slightly imperfect dish in front of anyone but her master or mistress for the cook 's sake . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would have put a torch to their damned house yesterday , if I had had some tinder . |
| 5 | A predicted upturn in the market would have put a much higher valuation on the painting . |
| 6 | I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought someone would have put a bullet in his back by now … ’ |
| 8 | In Robb v Green Lord Esher MR justified the implication of such a term : " It is impossible … that a master would have put a servant into a confidential position of this kind unless he thought that the servant would be bound to use good faith towards him ; or that the servant would not know … that the master would rely on his observance of good faith … " . |
| 9 | Even one of those items would have put a heavy stress on a new , fragile relationship . |
| 10 | If it 'd been me and I were gon na put it there , I would have put a window there to look out of . |