Example sentences of "would have look [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think you 'd have to look at somebody who is in a similar position to him , who is still around , to try and figure that out .
2 A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do
3 Er but I mean as , as to returns , I mean you 'd have to look at specialist press for that erm
4 And he 'd have to look at it every day .
5 In a sense , the Jury 's still out on the Times cos you 'd have to look at it over say a three of four month period .
6 She was n't much of a drinker either — did n't even particularly like the taste of alcohol , but she 'd have to look on it as a necessary medicine .
7 ‘ She 'd have to look after the kids in the evenings . ’
8 And then I 'd have to look after you . ’
9 We 'd have looked at it .
10 If he 'd been stronger I would n't have needed to because then he 'd have looked after me ’ .
11 ‘ She was halfway there already … and I 'd have looked after her . ’
12 They would 've looked at the lights , I know .
13 At least , I thought , their eyes would have looked on that same pond , the pond which now my own eyes saw .
14 Off-stage , no one would have looked at Jamie twice , standard rips in his faded jeans and political tee-shirt .
15 Listening to her talk about the make of corset she wore and the neckline shape that best suited her , speaking on these matters with the kind of solemnity they would only have brought to bear on the country 's economic situation or the future of the United Nations , they regarded her with the polite incomprehension with which they would have looked at a Martian .
16 Many a display organiser and participant would have looked at the prevailing conditions , shrugged shoulders and turned away from the problem , presented a ‘ weather-out ’ show to the paying public .
17 She would never be a great beauty , he knew , but she had a natural charm and personality that lent an extra depth to her character , and he imagined that this would have been how his mother would have looked at a similar age .
18 St Paul would have walked the streets of Exeter ; he would have come into our schools and offices and shops ; he would have visited the cinemas and sports clubs and night spots ; he would have looked at the news programmes and the daily press and would have used what he saw and heard as fuel for prayer .
19 Well it 'll be one-to-one , but I would have looked at that as many-to- one , because , one child has come from more than one parent .
20 If they said , would you please give five hundred pounds towards our running costs , there 's a chance we would have looked at it
21 Alfred Snr would have looked at the Quakers ' current predicament without much surprise .
22 Seeing a typical villa from a distance , it would have looked to us rather like a Tudor house .
23 I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home .
24 ‘ If the museum had n't offered an opportunity , they would have looked for another . ’
25 For example , the small cell was so amply used in the classical period that one would think a composer of originality would have looked for something different .
26 The major field monuments , which are better documented , almost certainly provided the foci in the landscape , around which such subsistence settlements would have been placed and to which they would have looked for some specialised goods and services .
27 At the Imperial War Museum , wartime historians have recreated a London street as it would have looked during the Blitz .
28 Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady .
29 Before 1988 , people facing deportation could have appealed to an ‘ independent Adjudicator ’ or an Immigration Officer who would have looked into their cases , including any compassionate circumstances , and could stop the Home Office from deporting them .
30 But surely the Department of Transport would have looked into this ?
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