Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] would [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when the dentist had announced that it was urgently necessary to extract two teeth Mills had got up and walked away , glad that he had n't taken off his coat and so would not have to enter into any further discussion while he recovered it from the waiting-room . |
| 2 | Two divers had gone down into the river during the morning , but had found no item of relevance ; and perhaps would not have recognised its relevance had they found it . |
| 3 | He 'd never be bank manager now , and probably would n't have wanted to be . |
| 4 | such as who , how , why and when would just have to wait their turn . |
| 5 | ‘ Without his help the police would not have known where to look and certainly would not have known where to recover this money , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I would n't get dressed until the last minute because I thought I would be late and therefore would not have to go to school . |
| 7 | When Rebecca Kraemer remarked , as the last murmurs of the slow movement died away , that it was such a pity the conductor was still following the now-discredited Haas edition , she was telling everyone within earshot — which included half the audience — everything that Alison could have wanted them to know but naturally would n't have dreamt of mentioning herself . |