Example sentences of "which [noun prp] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constance had supervised Camille 's introduction to the children of the neighbourhood , to her own nephews and nieces and those of approved families — some in which the parents were still encouraging their infants to assist on their shoplifting expeditions had been dropped from her acquaintance , as she regarded petty larceny as common and ill-advised — and had taken her to many places deemed of interest to children which Scarlet would have found uncongenial . |
| 2 | It is a conclusion about an almost psychiatric effect ( and comfort ) offered by serious drama which Aristotle would have had much sympathy with . |
| 3 | The birthday party was of a kind which Cecilia would have wondered at , had she been invited to it , for although a few of Bienvida 's classmates were present in its early stages , by seven it had become a celebration for the grown-ups . |
| 4 | This , no doubt , was what enabled Lewis , in telling the story of his life , to separate the departments of his life , telling us only the ‘ spiritual ’ story and leaving that part of himself which Newman would have called ‘ the concrete man ’ hidden in shadows . |
| 5 | It was a loud laugh which Sandison would have found embarrassing if there had been lots of people in the bar . |
| 6 | They even succumb , in the end , to the charms of a girl , which Grahame would have winced at . |
| 7 | But this crime , and above all the manner in which it was mockingly announced , had a twisted sophistication , a kink in the logic which Zen would have said was quite alien to a gang of Calabrian shepherds . |
| 8 | Looking at the primitive clubs and golf balls which Morris would have had at his disposal in those days , it was engaging to speculate on how , with this equipment , he would have handled Portrush in an awkward easterly wind . |
| 9 | Nor did he ask the obvious questions which Harry would have found so difficult to answer . |
| 10 | Hardly a cheese which Harry would have provided for himself . ’ |
| 11 | Quite early on , Iraq made known a number of demands to which Iran would have to accede if the crisis were to be brought to an end . |
| 12 | This , in the event , was wildly optimistic : but it was , by contrast with Melby 's extraordinary projection , what the State Department 's Policy Planning Staff considered as the maximum period which France would have to grant independence if it were to satisfy ‘ genuine nationalism ’ in Indo-China . |
| 13 | The stubby spires here which surmount the western towers are not ancient , but they replace the originals in the earlier style and are the type which Durham would have had in the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 14 | Then succulent hare cooked in wine , a jelly moulded in the form of a castle , and a jug of chilled white wine and claret which Cranston would have downed in a trice . |
| 15 | In operational planning , the Declaration of Common Purpose , which Macmillan would have preferred to have called the Declaration of Interdependence , led to even closer relations between the British and American air forces . |
| 16 | It was a brutal place , which Paul would have avoided had he been thinking clearly ; but his mind was far away . |
| 17 | Lunch consisted of bread and cheese , neither of which Charlie would have dared to offer for sale to Mrs Smelley . |
| 18 | I 've invited Jack to a few receptions which Clare would have attended , but even so … . ’ |