Example sentences of "[pers pn] would have made a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
4 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
5 | Coffin thought she would have made a marvellous soldier . |
6 | ‘ Do you think you would have made a good Empress ? ’ |
7 | Did you ever feel after having your own children that er you would have made a better midwife erm this experience than when you were single ? |
8 | Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path . |
9 | Had we been allowed to continue I believe we would have made a significant improvement to the path ; certainly the comments of passers-by were very favourable , most saying it was high time something was done , that the path was in a shocking state , etc . |
10 | No doubt he would have made a nasty remark , and she did n't need to hear any more of them . |
11 | He would have made a great dramatic actor . |
12 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
13 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
14 | He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure . |
15 | He would have made a good bad Roman Emperor . |
16 | He himself could always eat ; he would have made a good soldier . |
17 | He would have made he would have made a good Sun journalist . |
18 | He would have made a marvellous Wozzeck . |
19 | That much is clear from the standard of his labels ; he would have made a poor museum curator ! |
20 | Ministers of Health would have incurred little or no extra criticism if they had failed to provide the services which the £25 million yielded by the prescription charges have made possible ; what criticism there was , would have been diffused over a hundred objects and none of it would have made a distinct impression on the mind of the electorate . |
21 | If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity . |
22 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
23 | Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation . |
24 | No , neither did I. Would have made a good headline , would n't it … |