Example sentences of "[noun] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a range of 10,000 miles , the aircraft could have managed its mission although each sortie would have taken nearly thirty hours ! |
| 2 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 3 | If this were not so , Paul 's words would have contradicted what Jesus teaches . |
| 4 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 5 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 6 | If the place had carried the distinct imprint of Carson 's personality the action would have fitted in easily , but the apartment was strangely arid in its elegance and she was sure that she would feel unsettled . |
| 7 | The party 's new policy is that workers taking sympathy action would have to demonstrate a ‘ genuine interest ’ in any dispute . |
| 8 | Parliament could not have intended paragraph ( b ) to produce new substantive rights in respect of registered land , enabling registered dispositions to be set aside and removed from the register in circumstances where , if the land had not been registered , no cause of action would have existed . |
| 9 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 10 | Had we emphasized not the choices made but the social rules followed by social actors , then a more collective account of social action would have emerged . |
| 11 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 12 | A suggested reason for this decision is that to grant an action would have subverted the common law negligence action which lay in these circumstances . |
| 13 | But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded . |
| 14 | To translate this new legal status into political action would have required an organised support basis and this did not exist . |
| 15 | Had the plaintiff sued his brother then the action would have failed on the grounds of volenti . |
| 16 | Had the hernia been strangulated , action would have had to be taken at the first sign of trouble . |
| 17 | Had the plaintiff acted on his own , rather than in combination with his brother , no action would have lain . |
| 18 | A casual glance would have made it seem that her expression was stiff with anger . |
| 19 | One glance would have told her that he was close to a heart attack . |
| 20 | ‘ About 100 jobs could go and facilities throughout the borough would have to close . ’ |
| 21 | Nellie would have liked Liam to have opened his next branch in New York , just to give her a chance of seeing her brothers and Noreen , but Liam had been adamant . |
| 22 | The Association would have changed the day if the Minister had consulted them , but he had banned it without enabling them to change their plans . |
| 23 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
| 24 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 25 | And that was only about a minute of the game gone and I dare say er Ian whose place he 's taking on that left-hand side would have relished that kind of opportunity . |
| 26 | We 'd go barefoot in the fields and play fairies , and horses and keepers : the horse would have to step in as many cow shits as possible and the keeper would have to clean it up from between their toes . |
| 27 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 28 | But the seats that Common Wealth began to win were often seats which Labour would have stood little chance of winning even under the most favourable conditions . |
| 29 | Lorraine Monk , of Kingston-upon-Thames , said Labour would have to do far more than merely reverse NHS cuts . |
| 30 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |