Example sentences of "[noun sg] he would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had n't , and the horse he would have put money on had won by a length , and he was twelve-and-six out of pocket . |
| 2 | Mr Fairley said : ‘ If he was in his bedroom he would have had to run past a gauntlet of flame . |
| 3 | If he had bumped into anyone worthy of half a mention he would have told us . |
| 4 | If the crime had been other than murder he would have left it to his Scientific Officer assistant , not yet returned from a belated lunch . |
| 5 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 6 | He gave a little sigh of resignation as he thought of it : to continue the search he would have to go to Italy . |
| 7 | ‘ We never use these drawers , if he 'd put the light on instead of feeling around in the dark he 'd have found that out immediately . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ For this wedding he would have to save for many years . |
| 9 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 10 | Definitely not the surprise and pleasure he would have shown at seeing Cameron again after so long . |
| 11 | You 've wangled him into dinner tonight , but of his own accord he would have gone straight off … to … to Marise , probably . ’ |
| 12 | The client was dissatisfied with the amount of maintenance he would have to pay . |
| 13 | Wondered if he had any idea what force he would have needed to pull the arrow out , like a wooden skewer out of meat . |
| 14 | Ever since coming upon Rousseau 's writings so long ago , I have tried to live with my dear wife above the glaciers in the condition he would have approved , that of the Noble Savage — in defiance of those citified creatures who multiply in the valleys far below . |
| 15 | It is likely that had Smart completed his revisions and published the work he would have included an explanatory preface , as he does in A Song to David and the psalms translation . |
| 16 | Walking on it safely was a skill he would have to relearn . |
| 17 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |
| 18 | The plaintiff did not give evidence , so there is no evidence as to the attitude he would have adopted had he known the facts . |
| 19 | He says he did n't cry , but if he was a girl he would have done ! |
| 20 | Interesting that he had married precisely the sort of girl he would have married had he stayed at home . |
| 21 | ‘ I told him if he wanted to be a great athlete he would have to stop chasing them . ’ |
| 22 | In those days he contemplated the idea that if the Church abandoned that inheritance he would have to resign his see . |
| 23 | At the end Eddie was asked ( now ) what team he 'd have liked to have played for if not Leeds and he said he 'd always followed Celtic 's results . |
| 24 | At that moment he would have given up every moment of his past and future freedom to have her at his side . |
| 25 | At this moment he would have argued with anything Lorton said . |
| 26 | At that moment he would have welcomed it , an escape from the agony burning through his chest . |
| 27 | Er four hundred , four hundred , to , four hundreds if it 'd won , for a place he would have get less , but he was still in it it was |
| 28 | Pilger would be allowed to be editor in chief , but to take the job he would have to resign from the Board of Directors . |
| 29 | If George 's schooling had done its job he 'd have known his ancestors speaking just so . |
| 30 | If he was going to the town he would have gone straight down Buller 's Hill and been there in ten minutes . ’ |