Example sentences of "as [noun] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So things have changed , and the change is reflected , as Snow would have wished , in the school curriculum . |
| 2 | As Low would have known , in military matters Macmillan was in no position to " direct " . |
| 3 | It seemed that here was where the magic of Majorca lay , the duende , as Fernando would have said . |
| 4 | The different reactions to the military adventures of James III and James IV owe much to that most fundamental aspect of rule , the ability to evoke enthusiasm and affection — love , as contemporaries would have said ; the former failed to inspire what the latter clearly got in such great measure that the Scots were willing to countenance the idea of a crusade against the Turks , and in 1513 were even prepared to break the habit of more than a century , of avoiding major pitched battles with the English . |
| 5 | If our society began to move towards more flexible cycles , in which different communities and groups would adopt different patterns , we would create more employment , as employers would have to cover a shifting pattern of working activity . |
| 6 | But when Jasmine was born they put Joan in a room by herself at the hospital so she could n't see other fathers cuddling their first-born as Bobby would have done . |
| 7 | Edmund Barham 's wooden acting as Carlos would have mattered less if he had been vocally more alluring and if his stilted phrasing had taken a hint from Mark Elder 's conducting . |
| 8 | The fades , whistles and crackles reminiscent of old Tony Hancock programmes came through because the ionosphere is not as stable as broadcasters would have liked . |
| 9 | The field was laid out in strips about two feet apart and only after pushing into the crop did I realize that the plants were trained up a trellis of almost invisible wires and that I was in a hop field — a ‘ beer field ’ , as Duncan would have called it . |
| 10 | He was concerned that the room must be left just as Durance would have wished . |
| 11 | She lifted down the big suitcase from the top of the wardrobe , and , placing it on the bed , began to fill it , folding the garments as carefully as Isabelle would have done . |
| 12 | As Punch would have said many years ago , ‘ collapse of Stout Party ’ . |
| 13 | To perform these pieces in the same circumstances as Byrd would have done round a table with friends is to take the quest for authenticity to its logical conclusion . |
| 14 | " Lust " as Lindsey would have said if she 'd been there . |
| 15 | Marxism and racialism are ‘ rather modern ’ , as Waugh would have put it , mindful that the medieval schoolmen and Renaissance Jesuits he idolised would have seen no merit in either of them . |
| 16 | The princely sum of one guinea a month was agreed on , and though it was not as much as Beth would have liked , it was a welcome increase , and one that positively staggered her disbelieving husband . |
| 17 | Although so alike physically , she felt sure that Jonna would not stand up to his father 's rage , as George would have done . |
| 18 | He found the predatory birds oriented less accurately to the alarm calls , as Marler would have predicted . |