Example sentences of "[adv] she would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not budged , and if she had n't known better she would have said that he was jealous , but , of course , the idea was ridiculous . |
| 2 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 3 | If she had n't known better she 'd have thought he 'd been drinking . |
| 4 | If she could buy some make-up after the X-ray expedition the discolouration would be hardly noticeable — only she 'd have to borrow some money from Penry , she realised , frowning . |
| 5 | How long she would have stared into his beautiful cool eyes before he chose to release her she 'd never know , because at that moment the band struck into the opening bars of ‘ If you knew Suzie ’ , demanding her attention as with an exclamation of pleased surprise she half turned to watch them , her mouth curling into a spontaneous smile . |
| 6 | She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon . |
| 7 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 8 | She wondered how long she would have to keep it up before she could stop convicting herself of hypocrisy . |
| 9 | Perhaps she would have come sooner if she had . |
| 10 | The mother who ‘ ca n't be so cruel ’ as to wake her sleeping baby if he happens to be asleep at the appointed feeding-time , fails to realize that a few such wakings would be all she would have to resort to … |
| 11 | Obviously she 'd have to go out to the shops from time to time , but she 'd had her hair dyed black on the Saturday , bought a new winter coat and a large pair of dark glasses . |
| 12 | So she would have done that in her geography . |
| 13 | There was , however , a growing realization in Whitehall that Britain could no longer ‘ go it alone ’ in weapon development , and so she would have to seek some form of closer partnership with the United States , at least , until Europe could provide a viable alternative . |
| 14 | The only certainty , she reflected ruefully , soaking in fragrant warm water up to her chin , was that in half an hour or so she 'd have to find the courage to face Roman again , possibly over the breakfast-table . |
| 15 | So she 'd have to face the prospect of me being on the dole for a long time . |
| 16 | Stella had run all the way on her errand to the Post Office ; rather than let Meredith down she would have dropped in her tracks . |
| 17 | If I had n't let her in she 'd have had to sit on her suitcase in the hall for three hours . ’ |
| 18 | That 's not like Dot , I felt if she 'd been called away she 'd have got word to me somehow so … so that 's why I rang the Firm . |
| 19 | She was alone in the world and would have to heal herself and somehow she would have to find the strength to do it . |
| 20 | She could not find any reason why Benny Hogan from the shop across the road and Eve Malone from the convent up the town should not sit and drink coffee in her bay window , but somehow she would have preferred to keep the space for wealthier and more important matrons of Knockglen . |
| 21 | Somehow she 'd have to make sure they kept on coming after the novelty of her fame wore off . |
| 22 | She was surprised to see it was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair — somehow she 'd have expected someone as blond as him to have smooth , hairless skin . |
| 23 | Normally she would have gone to bed . |
| 24 | Normally she would have wandered out to see who it was . |
| 25 | Normally she would have screamed at him for the minute splinters she knew he must be creating , but now she kept her anger for other matters . |
| 26 | Maggie was puzzling over it as Felipe came out and normally she would have told him at once , but he was not alone . |
| 27 | Normally she would have found the tall blond rock star attractive , even if only in a detached , academic sort of way . |
| 28 | Normally she would have derived great satisfaction from the image , and even greater satisfaction from the prospect of spending the night amid the pulsating excitement of Monaco at night , but right now she was finding it hard to work up even the tiniest bit of enthusiasm . |
| 29 | Normally she would have clammed up at that juncture . |
| 30 | Resolutely , and determined to think no more than she could help about it , she opened her new copy of the Church Times which normally she would have looked forward to reading on her journey home . |