Example sentences of "but [noun] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time hardly anyone but Winters would have named Williams in the same breath as Eliot , and it is characteristic of Winters 's perversity ( or his independence ) that thirty years later , when it had become usual to set Williams up against Eliot , Winters 's opinion of Williams had long been much less favourable . |
| 2 | How poignantly vignetted was the ice in Alexander Nevsky , but Eisenstein would have stabbed the projectionist with icicles . |
| 3 | But Ken would have outpaced her . |
| 4 | We hope we will be forgiven for editing out of Dr Schore 's discussion of the background to LM 's but inclusion would have meant duplication since John Tomlinson 's Dose Dilution and the LM Potencies already covers the points he makes . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom 's existing membership of the European Community would continue , but Scotland would have to apply . |
| 6 | But erm yes , but Joey would have gone nuts ! |
| 7 | The sun was shining this time , but Alyssia would have remembered that little house anywhere . |
| 8 | Who but Ashton would have thought of giving this country yokel so delicate a movement ? |
| 9 | No archbishop but Fisher would have had the administrative ability or the tenacity to achieve the end . |
| 10 | Thanks be to God , and to our expert shepherding , for failure may have cost us enough , but success would have cost us and our heirs dearer far . |
| 11 | But Steve would have hit her with the truth — not intentionally , he was n't cruel by nature , but simply with his down-to-earth approach to everything and everyone . |
| 12 | But Guy would have staked his own soul on the fact that Isabel had never lain with a man . |
| 13 | But exploration would have to wait . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're sweet , ’ he said , ‘ but Flora would have laughed at them . ’ |
| 15 | She may look like mother , but mother would have turned in her grave if she could have seen that girl today ! ’ |
| 16 | Of course , if granny had heard the shot it would have been all up , but mother would have covered up for him — to the last . ’ |
| 17 | But Anselm would have found much in Lanfranc 's letters and practice to guide him . |
| 18 | But Charlotte would have needed to be alone with him , decks cleared of their differences , for certainty on the point . |