Example sentences of "would have do [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 2 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 3 | Knew we 'd have to do the old ones , so I dug out all the figures of the last two years ’ productions . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 5 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 6 | Whether he would have done the right thing by her — as they said in those days — is fruitless speculation : he was never told of the need . |
| 7 | The stories always came out well in the end , and if one of the officers was a coward or incompetent , you could be sure that by the end of the story he would have done the decent thing and charged the machine gun nest singlehanded , getting killed in the process . |
| 8 | Not that it would have done the slightest bit of good . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
| 10 | So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? |
| 11 | It eventually emerged , after dogged questioning in parliament , that the PSA would have done the same job for £1,500 . |
| 12 | Once he had decided to write the Guide Book he realised he would have to do a considerable amount of writing and although he never felt he was a good writer , his unwavering intent carried him through . |
| 13 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 14 | Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis . |