Example sentences of "she would [adv] [vb infin] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She said she 'd rather have had some lilac bathsalts , the sort that crumpled to silk in the water . |
| 2 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 3 | She 'd never have waited this long . |
| 4 | She would even have preferred more of his contemptuous accusations to this present chilling remoteness . |
| 5 | Had she looked she would indeed have seen many faces peeking from behind twitched curtains , but she was too busy with ‘ copulation ’ , ‘ coition ’ , ‘ clitoris ’ , ‘ testicles ’ and ‘ fuck ’ . |
| 6 | Without the help of Daniel Marsh she would never have survived those dreadful days . |
| 7 | If she had not learned to clean so thoroughly she would never have taken each and every picture off the wall to dust both the picture and the wall behind . |
| 8 | Normally she would never have allowed such a thing on her own doorstep , but with the street lights out and only a few candles glimmering , no one would see . |