Example sentences of "but [pron] would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I 'm not bothered about things like that , but I would have liked a decent size garden . |
| 2 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 3 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 4 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 5 | We can not know whether a British Government that genuinely wanted a Russian alliance could have produced a different result — but it would have stood a chance . |
| 6 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 7 | But it would have required a conversation between them in circumstances when the subject of an imminent new reign could naturally have been discussed . |
| 8 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 9 | This is a short-cut walkers are not supposed to take , to prevent erosion , but it would have taken a man with a Rotweiler and a machine-gun to stop me , so desperate was I to get back to the car and home . |
| 10 | Perhaps , if left for long enough girls may kill one another also , but it would have taken a far longer time to happen . |
| 11 | In time he might have proved a good replacement for Chapman , but it would have needed a refinement in tactics . |