Example sentences of "would have [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know , if anyone had asked me — and no one did , mind you — I 'd have said that several people had a reason to kill Newley . |
| 2 | ‘ They certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves , ’ she said ; ‘ you 'd have thought that young man Danny had just won a Grand Prix instead of driving round a dodgem track . ’ |
| 3 | In such cases , the district treasurer would have argued that financial control over the hospital remained with the traditional departmental budgets . |
| 4 | It presumes , although the parties did not anticipate the contract becoming impossible or illegal to perform , that nevertheless , if they had thought about it , they would have stated that further performance was to be excused . |
| 5 | So the Government supports Percent for Art and I would have hoped that it would have at least done a little bit of er work little bit of homework and I would have hoped that those members that went to the Percent for Art seminar would have stood up and said something positive about what it 's about . |
| 6 | States dumping sewage in areas not designated as sensitive would have to demonstrate that primary treatment was sufficient to safeguard water quality . |
| 7 | If theme is whatever occurs in initial position we would have to acknowledge that some languages prefer to thematize participants ( expressed as subjects in SVO and SOV languages ) on a regular basis while other languages prefer to thematize processes ( expressed as verbs in VSO languages ) . |
| 8 | Had the French not been so proud , the anonymous chaplain of Henry V 's household asserted , they would have recognised that earlier defeats which they had experienced ( he was referring to the battles fought at Sluys in 1340 and at Poitiers in 1356 ) , constituted a clear sign of divine arbitrament , and much bloodshed would have been avoided . |
| 9 | If he had been a little more aware , he would have realised that licensed dealers were largely excluded from the square mile , both physically and psychologically . |
| 10 | I would have to say that social conditions have changed a great deal today , going back to what the first |
| 11 | For this reason , many in the seventeenth century would have said that such knowledge , together with knowledge of undoubted moral principles , such as that promises should be kept , is innate . |
| 12 | It would have ensured that all member States were in an identical legal position and avoided the problem that some member States , but not all , might be separate parties to the particular treaty . |
| 13 | A properly organised Department would have ensured that that man could be transferred immediately to his home prison for release . |
| 14 | Only someone who was after the maximum deterrent effect would have ensured that each shot hit a rock and caused that terrible screech of ricochet . |
| 15 | Who would have imagined that everyday life was so strewn with consummate actors ? she thought bitterly . |
| 16 | I think that without going into a lengthy treatise , I would have to argue that middle range theory springing out of empirical data is in general the best approach but you will see all the qualifications and nuances involved in such a view . |
| 17 | Mother Francis would have loved that old cottage to be Eve 's home ; she could see in her mind 's eye a kind of life where Eve would bring her student friends home from university to stay there for weekends , and they would call at the convent and have tea in the parlour . |
| 18 | More even than our present MPs he would have to ensure that any success he might achieve was widely reported . |
| 19 | Most liberals , if asked in 1979 what would be the effect of a rise in unemployment to well over 3 million would have predicted that democratic government would be made impossible . |
| 20 | If I 'd have known I would have brought that this morning |
| 21 | I , er I mean it sticks out like a sore thumb , and one would have expected that this paper came from education . |
| 22 | If she had stopped to think , she would have remembered that Brown Owl had told the Pack more than once always to seek the help of a grown-up they knew in any case of emergency . |
| 23 | Lucy said , looking up at her , and right at that moment Josie would have sworn that some kind of a facade had dropped and that she was returning the gaze of a six year-old . |
| 24 | A complainant would have to show that fewer women than men could comply with such a requirement and that it is to her detriment that she can not comply . |
| 25 | ‘ You would have used that broken pint glass on me , would n't you ? ’ said Simpson . |
| 26 | WHO would have thought that Eastern Europe could ever become so fashionable ? |
| 27 | But but in in just the little few words you used then , I would have thought that many parents in this church would react positively . |
| 28 | I would have thought that most things have been tried by now and I would not imagine that there are many other avenues to be followed . |
| 29 | Who would have thought that recycled loo-paper , phosphate-free washing powder , ozone friendly aerosols and organic milk would be on offer in our local supermarket , North of Watford ? |
| 30 | But one would have thought that any gentleman who links corporal punishment with his lady 's age is unlikely to have his twilight years shared . |