Example sentences of "[conj] he would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a cliché to say he died where he would have wanted to be , but true nonetheless . |
| 2 | It froze again that night and everybody guessed that by morning his twisted icy body with its pathetic malformation was lying at the bottom of some gulley , where he would have taken cover from the snow and the wind . |
| 3 | From the sound of it my father could n't have spoken to him for very long , or he would have recognised his son 's voice . |
| 4 | She or he would have to spend a year in general practice to have the opportunity to acquire similar skills . |
| 5 | No , or he would have said so . |
| 6 | Or he would have said that to her mother . |
| 7 | Presumably Mr Newman 's mind was on his upcoming Bologna trip , maybe even on Risotto alla Vitale , or he would have swatted this vulgar solecism right out of the ground . |
| 8 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |
| 9 | The landlord had not noticed him come in , or he would have refused to serve him . |
| 10 | Nor has Mr Roberts , or he would have told me . ’ |
| 11 | Fabia went down to dinner that night and could n't help thinking that , even though it was certain that he was n't staying in the same hotel , or he 'd have said so , perhaps he might decide to have his dinner there . |
| 12 | They 'd have been able to certify him insane , or he 'd have done something so terrible and criminal they could have put him in prison , where he 'd be sodomised and knifed ; quietly disposed of without any fuss because the rules were different in there . |
| 13 | ‘ Or he 'd have minced meat on toast . |
| 14 | Chris said she laughed and he had to rush out of the house or he 'd have killed her … . |
| 15 | This last recipient had obviously not used London Transport to get to the Palace or he 'd have missed the ceremony ‘ due to mechanical failure on the Circle Line ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ He must be stalking her or he 'd have called out by now . |
| 17 | His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better . |
| 18 | Although he would have denied it , the landscape had gripped him : as an image and now as an emphatic fact of the real world , presenting him finally with a place to rest in . |
| 19 | Also , although he would have denied it had any influence at all , Ketura had told him Jeopardy used that court , and that he always practised early . |
| 20 | I was touched to see that Dei had changed from his working overalls for the operation , although he would have to change straight back again after completing it . |
| 21 | I was thinking to myself that he would have blown most of it on horses and strong drink . |
| 22 | To every one else at the meeting it seemed quite clear that MacDonald intended to resign , and S.B. returned front it convinced that he would have to form a Government . |
| 23 | To everyone else at the meeting it seemed quite certain that MacDonald intended to resign and SB returned from it convinced that he would have to form a government . " |
| 24 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
| 25 | He confides that he would have liked to have ‘ taken a crack at another big public objective , . |
| 26 | It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House . |
| 27 | We telephoned Mr Hector Charlesworth but he was , as yet , unable to take any remedial action , although I had the distinct impression that he would have liked to do so . |
| 28 | A former member of his Household , reviewing the collapse of the Wales 's marriage , sincerely believes that he would have remained single if he had been given the choice . |
| 29 | I was in no doubt that my lover had talent , but I had no doubt , too , that he would have remained either in relative obscurity or at the mercy of the likes of M. Chaillot and others had he not come across me . |
| 30 | and we 've , we 've alleged in the pleading that he made that he would have suffered erm either all or some part of loses would of been avoided , but that depends upon the facts and we 're |