Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] him [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’ |
| 2 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 3 | Only cynics would have called him stick-in-the-mud or sneered at him being ‘ worthy ’ . |
| 4 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |
| 5 | One which would have left him rich and me in possession of Sleet . |
| 6 | Doyle , he suspected , would have respected him more if he had occasionally been less accommodating . |
| 7 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |