Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 7 | Sometimes I 'll even do more exaggerated things than he would have done , but I do it because that 's the way the music makes me feel . |
| 8 | He would fit more naturally into an old silent movie than he would have done on Tiswas . |
| 9 | But he went down to Suffolk very often , much more often perhaps than he would have done had Wyvis Hall been destined to pass back to the Berelands or on to one of those cousins in the United States . |
| 10 | Louis examined Trent with less emotion than he would have given a sandwich . |
| 11 | Raynor , more closely attuned to her now than he would have believed possible , felt the strength and the sudden arrogance and the automatic shouldering of a burden , and knew that it was this quality , this mastery , that set her so much apart . |
| 12 | It was thicker than he would have liked and the sticks were too long . |
| 13 | Such is the demand for the Rt Hon John Smith , QC , on the national stage that visits to his constituency during the campaign have been fewer than he would have liked . |
| 14 | Mine host insisted upon introducing him to everyone , which helped identification at the cost of making him somewhat more conspicuous than he would have liked . |
| 15 | But according to managing director Peter Kruger , it is a little more expensive than he would have liked at approximately £3,000 . |
| 16 | His ankles were unbound ; it made him think he was higher off the ground than he would have liked . |
| 17 | I had the feeling of a patron drawn deeper than he would have liked into the unpredictable consequences of his generosity — a lonely figure , heir to the Agnew fortune and tradition , yet unmarried , childless , last of his line . |
| 18 | A better woodsman than he would have known from the absence of game in the ride that the verderers were not far ahead , but the Friar did not read the signs . |
| 19 | His prophecy was now coming true , perhaps even sooner than he would have dreamed . |
| 20 | ‘ You are right , my brother , ’ Edward replied , more heartened than he would have admitted by the prince 's words . |
| 21 | In a rage of despair , Nicholas flung open the doors to the street and he was there , running towards him , and the clamour he had heard was real , and louder than he would have thought possible . |
| 22 | He had been concerned for Kafy ; more than he would have thought , for someone whose interest in him stretched no further than his wallet . |
| 23 | Herr Nordern would , yes , although he would no more have refused than he would have tried to jump over the Wall . |
| 24 | The man 's tone was dismissive , and Jaq had to allow him more credit for flexibility than he would have supposed . |
| 25 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |
| 26 | If Sid chose to hang on , he could now sell his shares for around 85% more than he paid — a far better deal than he would have got buying the market as a whole . |
| 27 | Within fifty minutes a Metropolitan Police helicopter swung in across the fields , guided by the radio of the squad car , to deposit on the road behind the cars a small , bird-like man called Dr Barnard , the Chief Explosives Officer of the Met , a man who , thanks to the bomb outrages of the IRA in mainland Britain , had examined more explosion scenes than he would have wished . |
| 28 | In front of Fraser , Ramsay himself had to be more restrained than he would have wished , but at least Agnes 's cheerful kisses allowed him to bestow a like greeting on her sister , Fraser looking on somewhat askance . |
| 29 | The king extracted grants of subsidies only with difficulty and was forced to concede more than he would have wished to both clergy and laity in return . |
| 30 | Seb saw far less of Carrie during these weeks than he would have wished . |