Example sentences of "would have [verb] [art] [adj] way " in BNC.

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1 If I 'd known you did n't , I 'd have tried a different way
2 In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place .
3 The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry .
4 Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen .
5 Any other bird would have flown the other way .
6 But the plain fact is , and genuinely I mean this , er , er , erm , if it were as simple working across the boundaries between yourselves and the Health Authority , between yourselves and the private sector , with the voluntary sector , and the great army of unpaid helpers if it was that simple , erm , then we would have moved a long way along that line towards implementation of a humane and caring care in the community twenty years ago , when these debates first started .
7 ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that .
8 Surely any woman would have reacted the same way on discovering a supposed admirer was in reality only after her possessions ?
9 And so with the help of these , they just managed to do a bit of slate , but if them had not gone back , I thinks this this strike would have turned the other way .
10 It would have run the other way if it had heard me coming .
11 If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump .
12 ‘ It was quite appalling and , had we known it was going to happen , I 'm certain we would have found a different way of dealing with our problem . ’
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