Example sentences of "[prep] us would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of us would have liked to have seen the savings that were made , recycling of the passenger transport area . |
| 2 | Perhaps more of us would have accepted that marriage was not necessarily a licence for eternal happiness if those in the position to influence us — such as agony aunt Marje Proops — had been as honest as Mr and Mrs Toye . |
| 3 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 4 | A lot of us would have to walk . |
| 5 | Well , at those prices I 'm sure none of us would have wished to accompany the old snob . |
| 6 | Only a century ago , a fair proportion of us would have died in childbirth , or been dubbed dowagers by 40 . |
| 7 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 8 | I think that it is fair to say that , if hon. Members on either side of the House had realised 10 years ago that we would be debating a sum of almost £2 billion , none of us would have recommended the one-track community care solution that has been adopted . |
| 9 | Let's be honest and admit that any one of us would have found our patience being stretched a bit thin ! ! |
| 10 | Indeed there were mistakes , terrible ones , both of us would have avoided if we could . |
| 11 | Without John I doubt is any of us would have got past the first post . |
| 12 | Without John I doubt if any of us would have got past the first post . |
| 13 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 14 | Had he come , I suspect only one of us would have returned . |
| 15 | We had nodded to each other , but the near silence and the many people standing between us would have made conversation impolite . |