Example sentences of "would have done a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 2 | He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’ |
| 3 | But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better . |
| 4 | How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ? |
| 5 | Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better . |
| 6 | I 'd have done I 'd have done a quick , a little man carrying a bag with dollars |
| 7 | ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more . |
| 8 | Indeed , if the Canterbury claims were as well founded as Anselm believed , anything less than a general authority over the whole British Isles would have done a violence to the early history of the see as it was understood at Canterbury , and to the large geographical and historical conceptions which lay behind these claims . |
| 9 | If the Diamond Phoenix had been supplied with proper drivers it most probably would have done a little better , overtaking the Western Systems . |
| 10 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 11 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
| 12 | He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental . |
| 13 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 14 | I do n't know what possessed me to do so but I started twitching the squid like I would have done a deadbait piking when suddenly the rod thumped over ! |
| 15 | I reckon our own world champs Field Marshal Montgomery would have done a much better job . |
| 16 | I would have done a car with somebody holding it |