Example sentences of "she would have [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarella felt Peter 's grip tighten protectively , and if it had n't she was positive she would have crumpled under this attack . |
| 2 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had rarely enjoyed herself so much as she was now doing , seated in Dr Neil 's kitchen , dressed like a skivvy and eating a huge meal , rather than languidly nibbling at it , as she would have done at one of Aunt Nella 's ‘ At Homes ’ . |
| 3 | A Brazilian lucky enough to earn the minimum wage must work four times longer now for a basic food ration than she would have done in 1959 . |
| 4 | If Cassie had not been so consumed by rage , she would have laughed at this last and patently childish remark . |
| 5 | He said forget that run as she would have won by eight lengths on good ground . ’ |
| 6 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 7 | If Mrs Ebyth Morton ( Points of View , today ) was disappointed at the failure to show clips from the France-Scotland match in the BBC television news last Saturday , I wonder what she would have thought about Scottish Television 's choice on Sunday : ‘ 2:30 Scotsport . |
| 8 | If the whole business had not been impossibly difficult , she wondered if she would have bothered at all . |
| 9 | It was as if the fight with Herman had had the effect she would have expected from eight hours on a contoured mattress and a course of Doc Threadneedle 's pick-me-up shots . |
| 10 | ‘ You have a slight fever , I think , ’ she replied with the quiet firmness she would have used towards any sick person . |
| 11 | She wished more than anything that she could say yes , or at least explain that if it had been left to her she would have come with all the will in the world , but there was her mother . |