Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis could have been involved in something a bit shady but nothing that would have brought him within range of any violence . |
| 2 | The official report states : ‘ To have forced his way into Benghazi when the enemy was obviously ready for him would have achieved nothing and would have involved the loss of his force . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't think he had many friends here , certainly none that would have lasted after he took his diploma . |
| 4 | But if she 'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks . |
| 5 | Collecting all the raw material to create the final page or document is only the beginning of the desktop publishing process and is something that would have to have been done whatever system was being used . |
| 6 | Then he saw Peter 's face , the excitement in his eyes , and remembered the morning and the crashing gallop through the wood , and being aware afterwards of what he had done , something that would have seemed impossible before . |
| 7 | It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case . |
| 8 | But this time there would be a complete novelty , and one that would have given the most strongly anti-Marian pause . |
| 9 | I can not think of anything that would have made the loss of the election from my point of view more certain . |