Example sentences of "[pron] would have [verb] a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 2 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 3 | ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things . |
| 4 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 5 | Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , they did not forget the main object of their expedition and kept a careful record of all the plants found , though they commented that had the journey been made a month or two sooner , they would have found a greater number of rarities . |
| 7 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 8 | He would have made a great dramatic actor . |
| 9 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 10 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |