Example sentences of "[noun sg] would have [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A casual glance would have made it seem that her expression was stiff with anger . |
| 2 | I I think the the the point I would I wish to make is that in whilst er its multi role capability would have enabled it to replace a number of roles and possibly a number of er aircraft and er as Mr Evans said earlier , that 's still being looked at . |
| 3 | If the Germans had got this far , the British Goverment would have wanted it kept under wraps . |
| 4 | Surely , only another auction would have revealed it — or otherwise ? |
| 5 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 6 | Such statements are in fact usually false , either because the combination of a and b is not a necessary condition of p , so that even if X had not done b , p might still have occurred , or because , even if X had n't done b , some other agent would have done it instead , thereby bringing about p . |
| 7 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 8 | The position of the piece of gravel would have made it virtually impossible for the fish to dislodge it . |
| 9 | " The killer would have made it his business to get here early this morning , assuming that he did n't know that his plan had misfired . |
| 10 | Summerchild would have mentioned it by way of defending Northumberland Avenue , perhaps while they were still walking back along Great Scotland Yard . |
| 11 | There is no simple division between left and right , and little evidence to support the easy sneer that those supporting military action by a Democratic president would have opposed it by a Republican one : the Nation , the country 's leading magazine of the left , is dead against intervention . |
| 12 | Had his colleagues backed fusion in 1920 Law would have accepted it , but he would hardly have stuck to that position in the party crisis that must have followed . |
| 13 | Even if the referee was technically correct in allowing Sherrell 's match winner ( the referee claims Northerns touched the ball in the ruck ) , surely the spirit of the law would have disallowed it ? |
| 14 | That missing report has been put round the table this morning and I hope that members of the committee would have found it and would be able to add it to that |
| 15 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 16 | Judging by the many Figures covered by the first letter of the alphabet — fifty-eight at the beginning — it can be appreciated that Miller had been justly advised ; such expansion throughout the work would have priced it far outside the purse of the ‘ generality ’ if , indeed , it could have been completed in his lifetime . |
| 17 | We have never gone away from the fact that the town plan and the policy statement in there that if the road was provided the land is in the town plan and this Council would have approved it . |
| 18 | The editor would have doubled it , if you 'd played ball with me . |
| 19 | Only a fool would have turned it down , of course , but he was uncomfortably aware that Anthea , who had persuaded him to apply , had been instrumental in his appointment . |
| 20 | No bailiff would have touched it . |
| 21 | For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed , to protect them from the cats ; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack , the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester . |
| 22 | THOSE OF US who are convinced there is no longer room for sentiment at the hard edge of professional sport would have found it difficult to comprehend the outpouring of emotion that followed the exclusion of Geoff Marsh from the Australian tam for the final Test against India . |
| 23 | There is little doubt that it was the labour shortage which caused the shift to leasing , but although this provided more revenue than persistence in demesne farming would have done it still left the landowner with reduced resources . |
| 24 | It comes with a great number of examples for each command , so if you are unsure how to do something you can load the demo to see how the Author would have done it . |
| 25 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 26 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 27 | Fair proportionality would have given it 19 or 20 seats : it actually won 14 . |
| 28 | Well I certainly would n't have thought about it , and I do n't think any chemist would have believed it , and in fact what happened was it really came from this other esoteric sort of project that we were doing . |
| 29 | I regarded it with distaste , decided that the rain would have washed it reasonably clean , then dragged it clear of the bog myrtle and looked around me for somewhere to dump it out of sight . |
| 30 | Poor Daddy would have wished it . |