Example sentences of "she would have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She 'd have to put the bags |
| 3 | She 'd have followed the hunt and . |
| 4 | If we 'd had a church wedding , she 'd have done the white-lace-and-trimmings bit , the full veil-and-trail number . |
| 5 | Trapped and mad as the birds , she 'd have seen the horse chestnut and its thick green kaleidoscope of leaves from her barred window . |
| 6 | If he had , she 'd have seen those long legs , whose stride outmatched even hers , she 'd have seen the power of his masculinity … |
| 7 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 8 | She 'd have to take a drink of water . |
| 9 | Right now she 'd have given the nightclub to anyone who could restore calm to a pulse which had gone completely haywire and a brain in danger of short-circuiting . |
| 10 | If she had wanted to stay she 'd have made a song and dance , but it was better to move . |
| 11 | If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’ |
| 12 | Normally , she 'd have made a fuss about those things , but today it did n't seem to matter somehow . |
| 13 | With her temperament , surely she 'd have brought the roof in if she 'd discovered her lover in the arms of another woman ? |
| 14 | She 'd have looked a bit different , I can tell , from what she was like lying up there with her hair all cut off . " |
| 15 | She 'd have to get a taxi home . |
| 16 | It looked as though she 'd have to have a word with Mrs Thrigg . |
| 17 | Ordinarily she 'd have enjoyed the assignment — the cast and crew were a nice bunch for the most part , and she 'd always liked Aberdeen . |
| 18 | She often said in her letters , if only she 'd known how it was going to turn out , she 'd have taken the baby with her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The only certainty , she reflected ruefully , soaking in fragrant warm water up to her chin , was that in half an hour or so she 'd have to find the courage to face Roman again , possibly over the breakfast-table . |
| 21 | Five years ago she 'd have got the woman sacked on some pretext , rendering her harmless if she alleged anything against a reputable doctor in a famous clinic . |
| 22 | But that ca n't be true , Sabine thought , or she 'd have burned the lot , and put the key down the nearest drain . |
| 23 | Well , in t e old days , two years ago , when she 'd been his Gemma , she 'd have had no choice but to pack her trunks and live under the roof he provided , wherever he chose to provide it . |
| 24 | So she 'd have to face the prospect of me being on the dole for a long time . |
| 25 | But she wanted a man , so she knew she 'd have to pay a price , any price . |
| 26 | She was told she 'd have to pay a £116 a week for it because she 's in a private nursing home . |
| 27 | Had Mary been told that her knowledge of the countryside was indeed ‘ knowledge ’ , she would have dismissed the tribute as , at best , a taunting flattery . |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly not Chrissie Rogers let's face it , if she was going to leave she would have gone the day AFTER the ceremony . |
| 29 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 30 | If Carson had been predictably agreeable and obviously interested she would have accepted the lift and that , apart perhaps from the promise of a follow-up lunch some time , would have been the end of it . |