Example sentences of "she would have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If she had half an ounce of sense , ’ she said , ‘ she 'd 've put a lock on this thing . ’
2 She kept trying to trample them , slam the door , but he kept kicking it back open and sooner or later she 'd have to put a name to her feelings , and she was afraid , so afraid , that the name was love … but it must n't be , she thought savagely ; it ca n't be .
3 She 'd have to take a drink of water .
4 If she had wanted to stay she 'd have made a song and dance , but it was better to move .
5 If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’
6 Normally , she 'd have made a fuss about those things , but today it did n't seem to matter somehow .
7 She 'd have looked a bit different , I can tell , from what she was like lying up there with her hair all cut off . "
8 She 'd have to get a taxi home .
9 It looked as though she 'd have to have a word with Mrs Thrigg .
10 Under the same circumstances , she 'd have worked a lot harder to please a man , and she 'd lost sight of the fact that Kattina was an important lead in her assignment .
11 But she wanted a man , so she knew she 'd have to pay a price , any price .
12 She was told she 'd have to pay a £116 a week for it because she 's in a private nursing home .
13 She would have liked a bath herself , but , failing that , she could have a strip wash .
14 There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring .
15 She knew she would have to take a look .
16 Melanie wondered if she would have to take a tray to the basement but it seemed they had their own gas ring down there and brewed up continually for themselves .
17 Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both .
18 Had he not assumed the initiative it was feasible she would have given a reason to keep them out .
19 When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation .
20 She once admitted that she would have loved a career in politics and believed she was now being forced to draw upon all her native political skills to ensure that her design ideas and her control over image were not submerged in the drive to reduce the debts .
21 She would have run a mile , ’ said Robert .
22 If anyone had told her then that one day she would join the royal family she would have run a mile .
23 I recall one occasion when Mother was so busy trying to finish knitting a quilt — I 've still got it somewhere that she said she would have to miss a service .
24 He told Lisa that before the operation , and for a few months after , she would have to wear a steel frame pinned to her head and connected to a rigid plaster jacket to hold her damaged neck in place .
25 Loretta had assumed that she would have to leave a message for Jamie with some college functionary , and wait for him to ring back .
26 She would have preferred a woman of her own age and background .
27 She would have to eat a bucket of chicken vindaloo to get the stuff down her and , although there had been publicly expressed doubts about the kitchens of the ‘ Tandoori ’ , Wimbledon , they had n't , as far as Henry knew , got around to using bleach to liven up their menu .
28 She would have to find a dressing-gown .
29 If she wanted to get home in comfort , she would have to find a cashpoint .
30 I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year .
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