Example sentences of "[conj] would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence of whether she would have taken up her place at Norwich in Autumn nineteen eighty seven or would have taken a year off and started in Autumn nineteen eight eight is equivocal . |
| 2 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 3 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 4 | Only then did the American boy notice his extraordinarily long curling fingernails , the mark of a high-ranking courtier that would have made a Western-style handshake awkward and discomfiting for both parties . |
| 5 | Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant . |
| 6 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 7 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 8 | He took a pinch of snuff that would have fired a cannon . |
| 9 | He had functioned in the community , not just in his family up until … you know , with a lung function that would have kept a lot of people in bed , and he was reading , writing — he had published an article shortly before his hospitalization , and he was a very forceful fellow . |
| 10 | The poison was not given to the Indians in massive doses that would have provoked a reaction , but was administered drop by drop , until it brought about the loss of personality . |
| 11 | The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 . |
| 12 | We now propose a council tax that would have produced a bill this year of £617 . |
| 13 | Jackie took a swallow that would have washed a hog out of his pen . |
| 14 | Antonio Crepi , for example , used to give me looks that would have melted a candle . |
| 15 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 16 | Certainly they were all rooting for him and just as certainly Harvey responded , and he did things that night that would have attracted a talent scout from the Bolshoi . |
| 17 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |
| 18 | Roy Cohn , twenty-seven , with a legal background , was the more serious of the two , with an unappealing scowl and an arrogance that would have befitted a crown prince of Prussia . |
| 19 | A personable and pretty girl was locked into a lifestyle ( the videos , the soap operas , the Jumbo Colouring Pads , mum 's ancient friends ) that would have bored a tortoise . |
| 20 | I smiled back in a half-witted way that would have terrified a woman of less spirit . |
| 21 | Kersey 's face split into a grin that would have intimidated a gorilla . |
| 22 | Some women had stockingsful of stones that would have felled a bullock . |
| 23 | He clasped her about the waist , she pushed him away with a gesture that would have felled a man . |
| 24 | She was always impressed by his fame and would have liked a theatrical career . |
| 25 | The resulting bill , which was approved by 211 votes to 189 in the House and by 50 votes to 44 in the Senate , would have increased the top rate of income tax from 31 to 36 per cent and would have placed a 10 per cent surtax on millionaires to finance tax relief — particularly in the form of a permanent tax credit of $300 per child — for lower- and middle-income tax payers . |
| 26 | It looked like something indescribable , but I must admit it smelt and tasted good , and anyway we were all starving and would have eaten a horse . |
| 27 | Mr Smith would have had to pay 20% of this — £80 and would have received a rebate for £320 . |
| 28 | ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more . |
| 29 | We had agreed at the start of this thing that pressing the Harwich local council for housing would probably be more trouble than it was worth : if one of their inspectors had decided to check my circumstances with the port authorities , the customs people would inevitably have found out about the way in which I had been using their cupboard ( and would have had a pink fit , probably ) . |
| 30 | She was a pretty woman and would have had a good figure had she not been pregnant . |