Example sentences of "she would have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Mitzi had been sitting on the lilac branch with the squirrel yesterday ( and at this point her thoughts brought a smile to Elisabeth 's face ) , she would have overheard much to have kept her mind and tongue engaged . … |
| 2 | If it had been Everthorpe , she would have dismissed this performance as a clumsy pass , but Wilcox seemed teased by some genuine memory . |
| 3 | I find on the balance of probabilities that if she did not achieve the necessary results for entry to college in the Summer of nineteen eighty seven , she would have achieved such grades by using the year Summer nineteen eighty seven to Summer nineteen eighty eight to re-site whatever was necessary . |
| 4 | Had she embarked on an evening swim instead , she would have achieved all these advantages in helping her to keep to her diet : |
| 5 | Her heart emptied itself out , you could have tolled her and she would have sounded hollow and cracked . |
| 6 | Perhaps , if Pascoe had n't arrived , she would have gone first to her knees , then sat down , her tongue out like dead meat , with Zeno kneeling up behind her using his hands like someone binding a bale . |
| 7 | There was n't anyone else in sight , she would have felt safer if there was . |
| 8 | If she had not examined , she would have felt guilty . |
| 9 | If the ferry boat was there it would be quicker , if not she would have lost precious time by not taking the direct path to the bridge . |
| 10 | Merrill watched him covertly , wondering if she would have had the courage to sit here if she had known that he would come in ; wondering if she would have joined another and more distant club had she known that he was the commodore here . |
| 11 | I was dubious at first because since her illness Jennifer has become a very private person and I do n't think she would have liked all the hubbub over in the other section ; but here — ’ she glanced round at the softly decorated walls , the strategically placed water-colours and the subdued lighting ‘ — here , I think , could well be the answer . ’ |
| 12 | She would have liked Nice — if she had not been in such a hurry to be in Paris . |
| 13 | If she could have been part of a warm , loving family , it was what she would have liked most of all . |
| 14 | Nevertheless it had , from the first glass of sherry to the momentary blue veil of flame on the pudding , been what she would have called civilised . |
| 15 | A few months before , when she was much younger , she would have screeched this aloud and brought the breakfast table to an uproar , but now she smiled while the coldness took careful and eternal appreciation of the fact that he had been flattered to be asked . |
| 16 | So she would have done that in her geography . |
| 17 | How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ? |
| 18 | Alyssia glanced up at him , disliking him even more than she would have imagined possible . |
| 19 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 20 | Then there had been Paul 's breakdown , and Nathan Holland had been invaluable there also ; she would have run mad without him . |
| 21 | She was dressed simply enough in a brown gown with a lacy ruff round the neck but she would have outshone any queen . |
| 22 | Tonight , she would have elected Dirty Harry as chief of police . |
| 23 | It was shortly before the time Luke usually arrived on Fridays , and up until today she would have made some excuse to Florian , but reviviscent pride demanded a gesture . |
| 24 | While all went well she could maintain a fine independence , but when the order threatened to change , she was more affected than she would have believed possible . |
| 25 | Much laughter and badinage arose out of trying to outdo each other , block each other 's moves , and the evening passed more swiftly than she would have believed possible . |
| 26 | Anne Hammond 's courageous acceptance of the cruel hand fate had dealt her had moved her far more than she would have believed possible , the more so because it only seemed to emphasise her own feeling of helplessness . |
| 27 | Leonora settled down to her breakfast in a better frame of mind than she would have believed possible the day before . |
| 28 | She criticizes the then Foreign Secretary Frances now Lord Pym for the part he played , he would have agreed to a negotiated settlement , she would have regarded that as nothing less than surrender . |
| 29 | But she would have telephoned first . |
| 30 | She would have experienced that glow of virtue which is so conducive to easy dieting . |