Example sentences of "[conj] would have [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The skies appeared to contain little that would have startled older astronomers , apart from a host of new observations by means of more powerful telescopes and measuring instruments ( both largely German developments ) and the use of the new technique of photography , as well as spectroscopic analysis , first applied to the light of the stars in 1861 , which was to turn out to be an enormously powerful tool of research . |
2 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
3 | To avoid the damage to company status that would have accompanied widespread redundancies , many regular production workers were transferred to marketing jobs , including door-to-door selling , while Sumitomo officials reorganised the company . |
4 | ‘ Are you going to join us ? ’ invited Eleanor , with a smile that would have charmed most men right into the palm of her hand . |
5 | The Dale Farm Olympic Youth Camp , held earlier this month in Antrim , dealt with topics that would have left old timers in sport shaking their head in disbelief . |
6 | At Halling Manor Works , a horse weighing nearly a ton fell into one of these shutes and would have fallen 40 feet into the river had not the shutter been down . |
7 | But actually any three anchor points on the plane would have done the trick just as well , and would have given identical results . |
8 | Parliament would have unlimited access to the funds , but would have to pass specific resolutions to appropriate money . |