Example sentences of "certainly [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Achieving this independence will often have taken many years and will certainly have involved a great deal of effort . |
| 2 | Secondly , it enables us to take account of the knowledge that , as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said , had Saddam Hussein not allowed his greed to overcome his stealth by invading Kuwait last year , he would almost certainly have developed a nuclear weapon by the end of 1993 . |
| 3 | Had he paused before taking up his pen , and listened to the ghost of Jeeves , he would certainly have heard a deprecatory cough and the chilling words : ‘ I would scarcely advocate it , sir . ’ |
| 4 | But she told the boy his offences were so serious that had he been 15 , not 14 , he 'd almost certainly have received a custodial sentence . |
| 5 | And our noble lords at the palace would certainly have done a more professional job . ’ |
| 6 | For many people it 's riskier than the next approach and there is no guarantee of results ; but you will certainly have made a powerful impression on others . |
| 7 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 8 | In a few days or weeks Francis would almost certainly have made a will and it was unlikely that Anna would have been the principal , let alone the sole beneficiary . |
| 9 | He said that if they had not gained the upper hand then the old Völkisch parties would certainly have picked a fight with Poland . |
| 10 | On his day Gerry was as good a centre-forward as any in the land and would almost certainly have won a string of Scottish International caps had he been with a more successful club . |
| 11 | Although we are not told it , Mary 's home would certainly have had a fire in the one and only downstairs room , and there the Holy Family would have met to eat and to share together . |
| 12 | " Shoes would almost certainly have had a maker 's name on them , and such names on shoes are generally stamped in the leather and not easy to take out . |