Example sentences of "would have [verb] a great deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more . |
| 2 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 3 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 4 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 5 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 6 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 7 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 8 | In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time . |
| 9 | Such an outcome would have caused a great deal of trouble for the council which could have been largely avoided if the resolution had been directly challenged soon after it was made under Ord. 53 . |
| 10 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 11 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |