Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park . |
| 2 | It ends a deal that would have made BA the world 's biggest airline , flying 80 million passengers to 340 cities in 71 countries . |
| 3 | Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue . |
| 4 | ‘ We could have signed to they on the type of deal that would have worked against their own long-term interest in relation to creative control . |
| 5 | In a sense , this provision simply imposes the result that would have arisen under general conflict of law principles if the governing law clause had never existed . |
| 6 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Cooke said that if a receiver failed to terminate a receivership although he had funds that would have achieved just that , then he should be treated as if his authority had ceased . |
| 8 | ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy . |
| 9 | The budget cutbacks eliminated funds that would have gone to reinstallation , maintenance , and security . |
| 10 | That man was John Furie Zacharias , known universally as Gentle , and he had a reputation as a lover that would have driven Estabrook from the field had that strange certainty not been upon him . |
| 11 | ‘ He wrecked your act with a few well-chosen words that would have slid straight off your back if anyone else had said them . |
| 12 | The cylinder was filled with a compressed chemical that would have smothered both Sweetman and me in an avalanche of nauseating foam . |
| 13 | But behind some of the peeling doors painted in council colours , there burned ambition that would have surprised the rest of the street had it recognised it for what it was . ’ |
| 14 | In a strange way , if you forgot what it really was , perhaps never knew , here was a kind of trusting innocence that would have found favour with the non-scientific crew of Titron . |
| 15 | Hobbling into Range West on crutches , with a rope round my shoulders , I was looking forward to the expressions of disbelief that would have greeted my reply to sentries ' questions about what I was doing . |
| 16 | But what comes across from the letters is an overwhelming ignorance about female physiology and sexuality , the difficulty of gaining access to information , and a lack of privacy in their homes that would have rendered the use of female methods of birth control extremely difficult . |
| 17 | One horrible night I found myself crouched at the door , listening for sounds of pain which would have given me pleasure , sounds of pleasure that would have hurt . |
| 18 | During the long periods between revaluations , distortions in the relative valuations of different properties occurred and , of course , new property had to be valued at the notional figure that would have obtained at the date of the previous revaluation . |
| 19 | The new rule is also a clear victory for the environmentalists against a proposal by the Bush administration that would have eliminated any waiting period . |
| 20 | If the judge had accepted that submission that would have unlocked the door to the exercise of his discretion under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 21 | A new motor car was for many a luxury that would have to wait for another day . |
| 22 | The Exchequer would pay 5 per cent on the new stock and would have reduced its service cost by almost half . |
| 23 | These bronze fastenings protrude through the keel and would have secured the main station frames of the hull . |
| 24 | Was not the reason why the House thought it not plain that their lordships believed that Parliament did not have this situation in mind and would have cut down the wording if it had ? |
| 25 | Morton had not taken up arms previously , but he knew that some of his friends would have gone to the conventicle and would have volunteered to take part in the unequal contest against the soldiers . |
| 26 | I was uneasy in the dark and would have turned on the torch except that after only one fifth of the journey I had used half my batteries . |
| 27 | Groom stood her ground and , eventually , as a way out of the impasse , telephoned the Woman 's Page editor in London , who advised her that , as she was already in France , she should do the interview and would have to send it to the Ashleys for their approval before publication . |
| 28 | Deaf mothers often said they did not understand descriptions of the advance of the baby during the second stage of labour and would have liked to see what was happening . |
| 29 | He had grabbed hold of Cliff and had him halfway over the ship 's side and would have dumped him into the dock had he not been restrained by a couple of his workmates . |
| 30 | It is thought that the Criminal Law Revision Committee , the Report of which formed the basis of the Theft Act , would not have wanted such a result but would have preferred the outcome to be theft ( para. 65 ) . |