Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh det] [vb mod] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | namely Thucydides ) , but voting techniques were not : there was no counting of votes at all ( something which would have taken several hours when the agenda was as crowded as that given at the beginning of Demosthenes ' fiftieth speech of 362 BC ) , and the ‘ consensus ’ was determined by a show of hands , which tellers then adjudicated , in a fashion no more precise than that of a modern shop-steward who ‘ counts ’ a sea of hands at a trade union mass meeting . |
| 2 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 3 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |
| 4 | Unlike the others , which were basically snapshots , this was one which would have fitted comfortably in any model 's portfolio . |
| 5 | One which would have left him rich and me in possession of Sleet . |
| 6 | But I would of worked out to I had four left , I had to increase in one which would have left . |
| 7 | The measure had acquired its name because among its measures was one which would have allowed individuals to register to vote while seeking a driver 's licence , a procedure already in operation in 28 states and Washington DC . |
| 8 | The examination , held at the Freemasons ' tavern , was entirely viva voce and the complaint was made that the candidates did not even have to cast a horse , or operate on a dead one , still less on a live one which might have benefited . |
| 9 | It was , said Alton Community Centre manager Jan Nicholas , ‘ a truly magical evening ’ — and one which will have raised over £1,500 towards the third and final stage of Triangle — the teenager 's coffee bar . |
| 10 | The press-gang gave politicians an effective method of giving a very real service to the parties more directly concerned , and it was one which should have created a lasting sense of obligation , for life before the mast in one of His Majesty 's ships was not likely to be easily forgotten . |
| 11 | The threat of alliance between the king of France and an unfriendly ruler of northern Spain was one which must have worried the English in Bordeaux . |
| 12 | That Bob Mould six-string assault is one which must have encouraged more than one listener to pick up a guitar . |
| 13 | And she had asked him what would have happened to her if she had not had these good friends who had come to her aid and given her shelter , and when , in the form of an excuse , his answer had been , did n't she realize that he was distracted ? she had come back with , did n't he realize he had almost killed a man , that he was lucky he was n't in gaol now answering a charge of murder ? |
| 14 | Despite the noise of the traffic out in the piazza , the room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it which may have had something to do with the large low beds and the subtle green and white colours . |
| 15 | It was the sort of look between us which would have started alert interest in me if I 'd spotted it between others , and I thought I was hear to losing my grip on what I was supposed to be doing , and that I 'd better be more careful . |
| 16 | The Jockey Club is hoping to make better progress elsewhere , by making trainers report anything which may have affected a horse 's running — good or bad -as happens in Ireland . |
| 17 | She asked her head of department if he could think of anything which might have acted against her . |
| 18 | When Myra was regressed she was unable to come up with anything which might have had a distressing effect upon her before the incident with her cousin . |
| 19 | It is ‘ an extraordinary compound ’ , as he himself wrote of the Prime Minister , although the elements and the whole are as different from anything which could have emanated from Lloyd George as it is possible to imagine . |