Example sentences of "[noun prp] would have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He noted on 1 November that in the future the United States would have to walk a tightrope between the newly independent states and the old colonial powers . |
| 2 | If he 'd left it Mrs Blakey would have made a fuss , she 'd have wanted to take his temperature , she 'd have asked questions he could n't answer . |
| 3 | In the latter case the Bank of England would have to hold a gold reserve to meet the demand of foreigners who wanted to convert sterling into gold . |
| 4 | If necessary , Havvie Blaine would have married a one-eyed dwarf to restore their fortunes , but luck was with him — he had Sally-Anne Tunstall in his sights , and the hope that she and her papa might not enquire too carefully into the Innescourt means , and if they did , why , transforming the daughter of a vulgar American robber-baron into Great Britain 's premier duchess was surely worth a dollar or two . |
| 5 | In Susanna Jennens Leapor would have found a woman able to fend for herself in adversity . |
| 6 | While Greenpeace tried to save the whales , Timberlake would have raised a ‘ Save the Whalers ’ banner — and then made most of the same points about protecting whale stocks and keeping the oceans clean . |
| 7 | And as it turned out , private investors in Concorde would have lost a lot of money and minded terribly . |
| 8 | Private shareholders in Concorde would have required a high expected return to entice them into such a risky project . |
| 9 | King Hussein would have preferred a separate Palestinian delegation , he said , but " we have no objection to providing an umbrella for our Palestinian brethren " . |
| 10 | The traumas of Argentina would have dampened a lesser spirit than Bud 's . |
| 11 | No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on . |
| 12 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 13 | Edward was clearly , and not surprisingly , of considerable interest in Normandy at this date , and William of Jumièges would have had a motive for inventing Robert 's expedition against England , to increase Edward 's debt to the Normans in general and William 's father in particular . |
| 14 | Another couple of feet and Joey Beauchamp would have had a penalty , but the free kick gave them a goal with Mike Ford supplying the header . |
| 15 | Lord Lane would have taken a dim view , consent or no consent . |
| 16 | In the Liberal cabinet the majority was against allowing the PLA and Lord Devonport to be coerced by the Transport Workers Federation into a settlement ; Lloyd George and Haldane would have preferred a minimum wage for all dock workers and disliked Devonport 's intransigence , but were outvoted . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm still on the front row but it 's difficult to make a good start and have any effect at Spa because it 's such a short run-up to the first corner , so Alain would have to make a really dreadful start … |
| 18 | purists may have an essential moral objection that this approach is false — what Ruskin or Morris would have called a lie . |
| 19 | And whereas it might be argued that Granada would have kept a strong news operation in Newcastle , control would have been out of the hands of the region . |
| 20 | Well , in Brixton they might , but only Lloyd would have had a tenor saxophone painted in gold on its bonnet . |
| 21 | Yesterday , magistrates in Solihull were told by a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals inspector that Boris would have suffered a lingering and painful death if his journey in the post had gone ahead . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that the corporate lungs of the BBC would have heaved a not so silent sigh of contentment at a Lib-Lab coalition , as would the equally capacious lungs of the Health Service , Education , and others . |
| 23 | Sam would have made a perfect lawyer . |
| 24 | I reckon our own world champs Field Marshal Montgomery would have done a much better job . |
| 25 | Success at Wimbledon would have carried a £150,000 bonus , which Regal were offering for victory in both derbies , but the owner has refused the opportunity . |
| 26 | Before this could happen X/Open would have to establish a formal relationship with the UN after meeting initial requirements , such as proving — to the UN 's satisfaction — its status as as a non-governmental , not-for-profit organisation . |
| 27 | Ideally Reagan would have liked a more dramatic scenario whereby his armed forces , especially the US Marines , stormed the hostages ' hideout , killed their kidnappers and returned in glory with the stars and stripes held high . |
| 28 | I knew Oscar would have preferred a quieter , less raucous venture , on a weekday perhaps , but I had to work on certain days and those days came up during his visit . |
| 29 | But until the moment he scored the equalising goal , the article claimed , ‘ if someone had held a referendum to find the worst player on the field , Gascoigne would have deserved a large chunk of the votes — or maybe all of them . ’ |
| 30 | Du Camp records his friend 's dismay at the book 's historical misfortune : a year after publication came the Franco-Prussian war , and it seemed to Gustave that the invasion and the débâcle at Sedan would have provided a grand , public and irrebuttable conclusion to a novel which set out to trace the moral failure of a generation . |