Example sentences of "[that] would [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of these investigations , I used the concept of danger clues to describe any piece of information that would tend to alert a social worker to suspect that child abuse was taking place.s An important source of danger clues was obviously to be found in the condition of the child , particularly its physical state and behaviour . |
| 2 | Enthusiastically , curbing the dislike he felt , Hugo embarked on a plan that would give Grégoire a solid foundation in all the subjects he considered of importance . |
| 3 | By the time he died there were no animals left in the yard , nor land to call his own , for it had been sold to the building men , who were throwing up The Courts in order to house the rabble from starving Ireland and those flooding in from all the villages from miles around , all in the hope of being set on and blankets and shawls , everything that would go to cover a human being . |
| 4 | She went , with a glare at Luke Denner that would have turned a lesser man to stone . |
| 5 | Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach . |
| 6 | Somehow containing her fury , she flashed him a smile that would have made a lesser man shrivel . |
| 7 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 8 | Emitting a stink that would have made a Tyryttiaki swamp mist seem fragrant . |
| 9 | Only then did the American boy notice his extraordinarily long curling fingernails , the mark of a high-ranking courtier that would have made a Western-style handshake awkward and discomfiting for both parties . |
| 10 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 11 | And , after two weeks that would have cracked a lesser man , Taylor proved he still has what it takes to ensure that England can qualify to be one of the outside contenders . |