Example sentences of "he would have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speed must be thinking to himself right now … all the other players around him would have had one of these one-off payments when they joined Leeds . |
| 2 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 3 | he 'd have missed this morning 's siesta |
| 4 | Lukic made a couple of brave and decisve dives to feet ( I do n't think he 'd have done that last season ) |
| 5 | He knew I 'd be interested in the reward money before he started telling me all the details , otherwise he 'd have kept most of it to himself . |
| 6 | I reckon he 'd have scored more goals then than he has now . |
| 7 | Every three months or so I 'd clear it of all the wonder remedies he 'd accumulated , but within a week he 'd have discovered some other miracle medicine . |
| 8 | He 'd have spent all his time looking at the bloody birds in the Jungle instead of reading his cue-cards . |
| 9 | Necessities — I did n't think he 'd have sold those . |
| 10 | ‘ He 'd have got lost ages before we did . |
| 11 | But if he 'd have had some a little bit of direction |
| 12 | You 'd have thought he 'd have had more sense . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If Boris had known they were n't rubies , he 'd have taken that instead . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | That was the greatest gift , that was what he would have wanted most . |
| 16 | His father could n't be home yet because he would have turned half the lights off again . |
| 17 | Then Pumfrey did try to comfort him , as he would have done one of his own . |
| 18 | That he would have done much more is years to come is certain ; yet the quality and the richness of what he left behind him make it equally certain that this very patient man , who to achieve his ends knew how to take his time , never wasted a minute of his life . |
| 19 | One wonders how he would have versified this set up . |
| 20 | If there had been room in the hallway , he would have swung Wee Charlie round in a circle . |
| 21 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 22 | The Emperor had no particular difficulty putting a stop to this , though the Company was able to re-establish its position by blockading shipping in the Bay of Bengal and the Emperor forgave the Company in much the same way as he would have forgiven any of his nobles who tried to rebel but who was so powerful that it was neither convenient nor practicable to destroy him . |
| 23 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 24 | If I had told him I wished he was dead he would have seen this as a palimpsest of desire , but I only wished that he was n't there . |
| 25 | Besides , he would have seen last night as a meeting between two sides to an argument . |
| 26 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 27 | If he had not felt really bad he would never have drunk it all , he would have saved some for me . ’ |
| 28 | The vet said he would have undergone prolonged suffering and an extreme amount of pain , because the first pellet would n't have killed him . |
| 29 | He would have felt nervous if it had n't been raining . |
| 30 | ‘ He would have felt three times as virtuous , ’ I said , and the barman looked at me blankly . |