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Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1	I was n't too impressed with this — I 'd rather have seen a film — but Andy thought it was all right , so I did too .
2	I 'd rather have had a knife .
3	I expect when he was a little boy he 'd rather have had a Bible for his birthday than anything else in the world , even a bicycle .
4	He 'd simply have acquired a spectator and a potential liability .
5	‘ Of course , I 'd never have breathed a syllable if he 'd kept quiet about the dog track . ’
6	‘ Anyway , I examined the body myself ; I 'd never have missed a thing like that . ’
7	‘ I 'd never have called a boy Apricot . ’
8	I 'd never have associated a man like Tweed with such an atrocity . ’
9	He 'd never have spent a week milksopping around this godforsaken backwater on account of — one little bag of bones . ’
10	She 'd never have had a smash hit on Broadway if she 'd stayed here to work .
11	As for Edmund , the Danes themselves may have supported his cult , as the Danish rulers of East Anglia came to do in the ninth century , and if so he would eventually have become a means of reconciliation between the two peoples .
12	He would gladly have given a year 's salary just to know what exactly was the relationship between these two .
13	But she would rather have had a handful of honest reviews .
14	It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof .
15	At that stage Transvaal were still in the running for the night series trophy and his presence would obviously have made a difference .
16	They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured .
17	Then , likely as not , he would hardly have had a chance to open his mouth before the Collector would be off again .
18	But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on .
19	Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following .
20	Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following .
21	She was carrying more rivets than the average U-Boat and would probably have turned a compass away from Magnetic North .
22	Leapor 's house , for example , would probably have had a clay floor , and if its lighting was primarily from rushes , it would have been dingy .
23	I would willingly have sponsored a Corpus Christi Mystery , being so close to the Feast-day . ’
24	He would also have received a subsistence allowance from his employers .
25	The astrologers who determined the various " auspicious moments " mentioned in my account would also have received a fee , though in what form and from whom I do not know .
26	These latter would also have had a role as pasture , particularly for pigs or for cattle and horses in more open areas of woodland .
27	The situation as it then existed was such that , given a free hand , the consultant anaesthetist in charge of the unit would unhesitatingly have administered a blood transfusion , but felt inhibited from doing so in the light of Miss T. 's expressed wishes .
28	When you came to make your presentation he would even have put a glass of water within reach in case you needed it — and operated the equipment for you .
29	Edward Lear , too , would have felt at home in Bletchley 's realm of Complete Nonsense ; and he would even have found a friend called Foss .
30	That a village should be created , rather than grow from an organic root , such as a river ford , or a crossing of forest paths , would surely have drawn a mot from him .