Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a great [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more .
2 Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries .
3 ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it .
4 The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself .
5 He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous .
6 Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know .
7 This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire .
8 ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously .
9 In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time .
10 Such an outcome would have caused a great deal of trouble for the council which could have been largely avoided if the resolution had been directly challenged soon after it was made under Ord. 53 .
11 ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things .
12 I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly .
13 But this would have left a great swath of territory to the west in Republican control .
14 However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range .
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