Example sentences of "[pron] would have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might as well have had that shower , she thought drily ; at least I would have felt a hundred times more human . |
| 2 | I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft . |
| 3 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 4 | One of these days , though , I 'll find an office where there really is a Mr Middleditch and I would have to leave a well-wrapped paperback edition of The Story of 0 . |
| 5 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 6 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 7 | At this point in the proceedings I was offered a choice ; either I would have to undergo a major operation , knowing that the surgeon did not know what was wrong , or I could go into a residential physiotherapy hospital , Farnhan Park , one of the largest of its kind in England . |
| 8 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if tomorrow I confirm a speculative theory implying that the gravitational attraction between two bodies depends on their temperature , falsifying Newton 's theory in the process , I would have made a significant contribution to scientific knowledge . |
| 11 | As I was quite unable to organise the shop myself and continue with my studies at the university I quickly came to the conclusion that I would have to appoint a temporary manager . |
| 12 | Oh I 'm not bothered about things like that , but I would have liked a decent size garden . |
| 13 | Clearly if I had been aware that we were going to be talking about the merits of other routes , then I would have prepared a different statement . |
| 14 | If you had told me in advance , I would have prepared a few canapes for your arrival . ’ |
| 15 | At one point I would have to answer a long-distance phone call , which would keep me out of the room for half an hour . |
| 16 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 17 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 18 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would have thought a whacking great palace more to your taste ! ’ |
| 20 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 21 | Now , if that had been a finance company , I would have paid a damn sight more . |
| 22 | I was basically told that there was nothing they could do about it , and that if I wanted a harmoniser that worked I would have to buy a separate rack unit . |
| 23 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 24 | I would have added a further recommendation to the Clapham conclusions : that British Rail should forthwith desist from any further advertising expenditure and re-route the money to the improvement of safety and engineering standards . |
| 25 | ‘ I was glad she accepted because otherwise I would have looked a right banana in front of all those tourists . ’ |
| 26 | 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money . |
| 27 | It is also possible to express condition through subject-verb inversion in rather more formal or literary style : Had I had enough money I would have bought a new car . |
| 28 | A prompt reply I would have deemed a common decency , you being a fellow screenplay writer , though I must say I have never cared for your work , finding it , at once , both florid and superficial . |
| 29 | At that instant , I would have fought a wild beast in order to preserve her unharmed . |
| 30 | Well any wife of his would have had a miserable life ! |