Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sounds to me like the sort of liberal view which many of John 's contemporaries would have expressed at that age , under the influence of reformers like A. S. Neill — a comparison that occurred to me before I discovered that he had been meant to attend Neill 's school . |
| 2 | The second is to test understanding by inviting someone else to summarize and check that their summary accords with the one you yourself would have given at that stage in the proceedings . |
| 3 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 4 | Most criminals would have panicked at that moment . |
| 5 | The drop down from Meall Corranaich and back up to Beinn Ghlas was a great deal more substantial than I would have wished at this point in the walk , keeping in mind that I was hallucinating from the effort of the chase and the subsequent lack of oxygen managing to get anywhere near my lungs via a mouth full of clenched teeth . |
| 6 | Maggie would have left at that point , but as her bed was in the kitchen she could n't get into it until after he 'd left the room . |
| 7 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |