Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’ |
| 2 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 3 | If she 'd said Carolyn had borrowed a book from Clare and wanted to return it , they 'd have given her the address . |
| 4 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
| 6 | He 'd have got me the moon out of the sky if I 'd wanted it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I would have recognized you the moment I saw you , ’ Graham said . |
| 8 | Should have worn gloves because they would have protected his hands , but they would have denied him the freedom of movement that he now needed . |
| 9 | That would have lost them the election , even supposing that such an announcement would not also have alienated any working class Labour supporters . |
| 10 | At the other end the Vice-President of the United States of America used language for several minutes that would have lost him the votes of the Moral Majority , had those good citizens had the opportunity to hear him . |
| 11 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
| 12 | Even without the simple affirmation his face would have given her the answer ; he looked pale and drawn , as if he had slept even less than she had . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 14 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 15 | Hindsight says that if the Lotus mechanics had n't worked so hard and so efficiently and if Emerson had n't been able to race , Jackie Stewart 's two victories in the last grands prix of the season would have given him the championship . |
| 16 | This would have given him the opportunity to be a restraining influence against the extremists . |
| 17 | Clearly some forward planning in 1992 would have given him the opportunity to organise his affairs and avoid many of his problems . |
| 18 | ‘ I believe it was a very fair offer which would have given him the option of walking away with his dignity , but he said it was derisory and there are no more offers to be made . ’ |
| 19 | My all-time favourite remark was made by a visiting Chesterfield supporter who watched silently as his team prepared to take a penalty in the dying seconds of a game at Barnsley which would have given them the draw . |
| 20 | If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company . |
| 21 | The former county boroughs had preferred the unitary approach which would have made them the core of enlarged areas , but when a two-tier system was adopted it was obviously preferable from their point of view to obtain metropolitan district status and thus retain as many services as possible . |
| 22 | He was a good head taller than she was , and in other circumstances she would have judged him the heart-throb type , with his dramatic dark looks , reckless mouth , strong jaw and a piratical scar across one cheek giving his faultless right profile the touch of humanity it needed . |
| 23 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 24 | She was gaping at him while telling herself that her mother would have told him the reason why she was here . |
| 25 | If we had gone on , our love would have brought us the death we secretly called up every time we embraced . |
| 26 | Not only did the Bills fail to get the win which would have won them the AFC East division and secured home advantage throughout the play-offs , but finished the game with quarterback Jim Kelly nursing a knee ligament injury . |
| 27 | Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |