Example sentences of "[pers pn] would have [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 2 | Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis . |
| 3 | Earlier Mr Garber told the tribunal : ‘ If a male member of staff belonged to the Chippendales and brought in photos I would have done the same . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would have done the same . |
| 5 | The very next day , Sunday , I would have to attend the same chapel in its religious function , and the fact that the previous evening it had been a battleground for people who were supposed to be friends and allies , while the ‘ enemy ’ got on with his job uninterrupted outside , led to a more or less permanent confusion in my mind , which I now believe to be totally justified , between violence and religion , and between fact and fancy [ or film ] . |
| 6 | All the same , I doubt very much that when I was in a comparable situation I would have had the same faith and determination that Tom did . |
| 7 | He just managed to resist adding , ‘ Yours is twenty , and I would have thought the same went for her too . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 9 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 10 | But it was hypocritical sarcasm because she knew she would have done the same as him . |
| 11 | Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate . |
| 12 | ‘ You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied . |
| 13 | You would have done the same for me . ’ |
| 14 | You would have done the same if you 'd known . ’ |
| 15 | That 's right and he , we would have done the same if we 'd have found six men in there , er they all would have been secured until such time as I was happy that the the flat was clear . |
| 16 | Had he worried about the possibility of atomic warfare when he was attempting to split the atom , he would never have gone on ; and we would have lost the many benefits nuclear physics has given us , such as freely available power and treatment of disease . |
| 17 | ‘ We would have taken the same action and taken a prosecution if it had been any other film which had been shown without the consent of the licence-holder . ’ |
| 18 | We would have to meet the same conditions — no more , no less . |
| 19 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 20 | So perhaps they would have made the same mistakes as well. , He believes his most serious mistake was wanting to get things done in a hurry . |
| 21 | He was disgusted by Pete , but they would have to share the same space for years . |
| 22 | Then , at the end of the day , wet and tired , they would have to make the same walk back again . |
| 23 | He would have done the same — in those days . |
| 24 | He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter . |
| 25 | Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions . |
| 26 | Well he is worried about them having an accident with it but , but he 's not er worried about him having the motorbike , no he cos he would have done the same as a er child anyway well things like that , but erm what he 's worried about is that er with Ryan i and the other boy , n not Ryan so much , the other boy does it all the time , they 're churning all the grass up all over there in great big |
| 27 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 28 | Had the Republican candidate in 1980 been an ideologue , he would have suffered the same fate as Barry Goldwater in 1964 ; if , by some fluke , he had been elected , he would have been denied cooperation by congress and would have been drummed out of office in 1984 . |
| 29 | I would like to think that if Freud were alive today , he would have said the same thing , of course when Freud wrote this book in nineteen twenty one er there was no such thing as group psychotherapy it had n't been invented yet , it was to become very much after World War Two but partly existed before and perhaps it 's past its peak now , but erm it did become very much a after World War Two and the point I made was and this is really wh wh what Heather ha h has just said , that if you take Freud 's book on , on group seriously , how can you do group psychoanalysis ? |
| 30 | He would have to make the same improvement as his stable-companion Forest Sun did from Chepstow to Ascot to be given a sporting chance here . |