Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A properly organised Department would have ensured that that man could be transferred immediately to his home prison for release . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Who would have imagined that everyday life was so strewn with consummate actors ? she thought bitterly . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | If I 'd have known I would have brought that this morning |
| 16 | I , er I mean it sticks out like a sore thumb , and one would have expected that this paper came from education . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ You would have used that broken pint glass on me , would n't you ? ’ said Simpson . |
| 20 | WHO would have thought that Eastern Europe could ever become so fashionable ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Given their reputation in the 1970s , who would have thought that British car workers would match their counterparts in Japan or Germany as they do now , not only for productivity , but for quality as well ? |
| 26 | Surgeon Commander James Francis , senior medical officer ( diving medicine ) at the Institute of Naval Medicine , says : ‘ I would have thought that 30 metres was a reasonable depth for most sports divers . |
| 27 | WHO would have thought that those Spandau Ballet boys would have turned out to be such fine thespians ? |