Example sentences of "[verb] he would have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Petrol , food and a few tools had been his biggest expenses so far , and if the budget started to tighten he 'd have to stop buying food and see what he could find in the woodland around him .
2 Well , maybe they were n't his exact words , but I expect he would have come up with something like that had he been asked for his thoughts on Carter 's ‘ Only Living Boy In New Cross ’ .
3 A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards .
4 There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 .
5 Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own .
6 NICK FALDO knows that but for his Saturday stumble he would have waltzed away with the US PGA title yesterday here at Bellerive .
7 He says he would have liked it to continue this way .
8 He says he would have thought that a programme which attracts such high viewing and media attention would have sought the appropriate legal advice .
9 He says he would have burnt it if he could have afforded to buy it .
10 It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day .
11 What a fool she was , imagining he would have singled her out .
12 He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist .
13 And if he 'd any sense he would have guessed my reaction .
14 Oh I 'd 've thought he would 've done .
15 un unfortunately he has but , you know , and James goes , he goes God that really does n't sound like Sal , I really would n't have thought he would 've done that to you .
16 I would n't have thought he would have gone into the woods with Angela Brickell .
17 well I mean I 'm not surprised they do n't wan na take a picture of our garden cos it 's a mess but er I 'd have thought he would have taken a picture of yours and sold you one .
18 With these achievements to his credit one would have thought he would have enjoyed the support of the Council , but it was not so .
19 ‘ I 'd 've thought he 'd 've talked to the gardeners . ’
20 You would n't have thought he 'd have walked out would you ?
21 You 'd have thought he 'd have had more sense . ’
22 No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that .
23 If I had screamed or tried to escape he would have battered me to death .
24 I ca n't believe he would have taken much of its meaning .
25 And since whatever happened he would have to take the London train , could he really expose her — a woman who had one child and so could surely have another — to the risk of her own fertility ?
26 and lighter weight as well last year and has more weight today so he 's had he would have had to have improved about four or five pounds to win today ?
27 If he 'd been camping he 'd have chosen somewhere more comfortable .
28 Well , he might have kept one as a spare , but I rather suspect he 'd have handed it to a friend with strict instructions to thrash it to death and to return it in five years ’ time …
29 There was also the time when he was told he would have to win either the championship or the cup to ease the club 's financial plight .
30 Then the ruling was reversed in the appeal court and Councillor Gilberthorpe was told he 'd have to pay all legal costs which could reach £300,000 .
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