Example sentences of "that he would have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I was thinking to myself that he would have blown most of it on horses and strong drink . |
2 | To every one else at the meeting it seemed quite clear that MacDonald intended to resign , and S.B. returned front it convinced that he would have to form a Government . |
3 | To everyone else at the meeting it seemed quite certain that MacDonald intended to resign and SB returned from it convinced that he would have to form a government . " |
4 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
5 | He confides that he would have liked to have ‘ taken a crack at another big public objective , . |
6 | It is understood that he would have liked to have been offered the post of Leader of the House . |
7 | We telephoned Mr Hector Charlesworth but he was , as yet , unable to take any remedial action , although I had the distinct impression that he would have liked to do so . |
8 | A former member of his Household , reviewing the collapse of the Wales 's marriage , sincerely believes that he would have remained single if he had been given the choice . |
9 | I was in no doubt that my lover had talent , but I had no doubt , too , that he would have remained either in relative obscurity or at the mercy of the likes of M. Chaillot and others had he not come across me . |
10 | and we 've , we 've alleged in the pleading that he made that he would have suffered erm either all or some part of loses would of been avoided , but that depends upon the facts and we 're |
11 | Nothing memorable happened at their only meeting , in a Gloucestershire sanatorium , though Malcolm Muggeridge once remarked that he would have loved to see and hear them together , and it is still open to anyone to write an imaginary conversation of the event . |
12 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
13 | And I knew , out there , that he would have killed me rather than let me get away . |
14 | The debate was opened by David Trippier , Minister of State for the Environment , who said the House could debate no issue of more immediate importance … and then announced that he would have to leave early to present the Young Environmentalist of the Year award at a lunch . |
15 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
16 | With regret Stirling realized that he would have to abandon offensive action that night and decided to withdraw without placing any bombs , so as not to jeopardize a future visit . |
17 | It can scarcely be imagined that he would have opposed the Philadelphia Museum 's immensely well-conceived plan . |
18 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
19 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
20 | He started to be afraid that he would have to slow down , even to walk . |
21 | ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’ |
22 | And , since I 'd often been obliged to meet his other women during the course of his business , I maliciously decided that he would have to encounter my bit on the side , day in and day out . |
23 | This was Luke — and , if he had intended to break their date , it was highly unlikely that he would have sent her flowers to confirm it only that morning … |
24 | It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office . |
25 | He was left in financial difficulties and knew that he would have to sell his home and most of his land to settle his affairs . |
26 | In 1811 they returned to Britain on leave and soon it became obvious that he would have to choose between the convict 's daughter and his military career . |
27 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
28 | Acknowledging that he would have to reintroduce his entire regulatory bill if the senate fails to act , Brodsky declared , ‘ We are not going to go away ’ . |
29 | But there is some evidence of his association with liberals at Cambridge which must be mentioned briefly at this point , since it seems rather unlikely that he would have visited France in 1790 and again in 1791–2 if he had no sympathy with what was going on there . |
30 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |