Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [conj] it would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't look at my watch , but I found out later it had stopped so it would have been wrong anyway . |
| 2 | A leading member of the Medellín drug cartel , Fabio Ochoa , wanted by the United States authorities for drug trafficking offences and the murder of an agent of the American Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) , surrendered on Dec. 19 in what was seen as a vindication of the policy of President César Gaviria Trujillo , who had adopted legal and political methods rather than the previous military offensive against the drug cartels [ see p. 37772 for October proposals ] ; on Dec. 17 the government had said that it would waive extradition to the USA and reduce prison terms for those traffickers who surrendered and confessed to crimes . |
| 3 | Such an alliance was unacceptable to a number of DYP deputies and to the SHP ; the RP had said that it would co-operate only if an Islamic leader was first agreed on to replace Özal . |
| 4 | Mrs Grandison chose ham and salad , thinking sadly of the splendid sirloin , for she had decided that it would have been that if she had been given the choice . |
| 5 | An editorial alleged that the Government would welcome headlines saying that a patient had died because it would swing public opinion against the unions . |
| 6 | The previous day the Russian government had announced that it would extradite him to Germany on Dec. 13 ( where he faced criminal charges in connection with his regime 's " shoot-to-kill " policy on escapees ) if he did not leave Russia . |
| 7 | Only last year we saw how building workers who left the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians when its leadership fell into the hands of the far left were prevented from joining the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union , even after the GMB had indicated that it would welcome them . |
| 8 | The Revenue had indicated that it would seek to use s 17(3) , FA 1975 . |
| 9 | Mexico had taken the initiative for this round of talks and had indicated that it would like to see an agreement signed within a year , although ministers were careful not to commit themselves to deadlines . |
| 10 | The treaty had been renewed for 20 years in 1974 but the Yemeni government had indicated that it would oppose renewal in 1994 . |
| 11 | Many recent immigrants perceived the government as obsessed with " the Arab threat " , while Labour had emphasised that it would shift funding from new settlements in occupied territories towards easing the plight of immigrants and the poor . |
| 12 | We had hoped that it would go much further — however , point number 1 is ‘ Avoid classes that do n't have suitably qualified teachers . ’ |
| 13 | When seen the next morning in hospital , Pamela said she had not cared whether she lived or died when she took the overdose , but had hoped that it would show her parents how upset she was feeling about her school work , and that it might also persuade them to change their attitudes to her boyfriend . |
| 14 | The report added that President Rafsanjani had estimated that it would cost Iran at least $500,000,000 a month to care for the refugees . |
| 15 | In September and November 1991 the new coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) government had announced plans to reform the constitution to bar the army from involvement in party politics , and had stated that it would assist international efforts to investigate the army 's involvement in drug production and trafficking , money laundering and gun running [ see p. 38432 ] . |
| 16 | It is understood , too , that the Provisional IRA had warned that it would resume bombing in England if the army were not reduced to its pre-strike strength in Ulster . |