Example sentences of "that would have [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is its chairman , Sir William Wilkinson , who has campaigned courageously despite personal difficulties that would have stopped many more bullish men . |
| 2 | Last week their friends and relatives staged a demonstration alleging that police covered up evidence that would have supported that claim . |
| 3 | It was true that Ted Mosse had turned out not to be too honest , even in his best uniformed days , had run various little corruptions and been found out , but it did not seem the sort of bad behaviour that would have worried most of working-class South London . |
| 4 | The new rule is also a clear victory for the environmentalists against a proposal by the Bush administration that would have eliminated any waiting period . |
| 5 | Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back . |
| 6 | The other key characteristic of the even-toed ungulates that would have helped this process along is the structure of the feet . |
| 7 | I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it . |
| 8 | In sum , a reissue that would have had more of my blessing if offered at bargain price . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to join us ? ’ invited Eleanor , with a smile that would have charmed most men right into the palm of her hand . |
| 10 | She went down the passage at a pace that would have left any wounded snails simply nowhere , and tapped at his sitting-room door . |
| 11 | Not only were most holdings too small to provide much work for hired labour , but the big villages that would have housed such a workforce did not exist . |
| 12 | For the rest of a sunny but refreshingly cool Delhi day he buried himself in batting practice with a vigour that would have sapped any man without his phenomenal stamina . |
| 13 | Any partial parse that is rejected will be removed — thereby removing any parse that would have contained this component . |