Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bowbazaar links Calcutta 's business district with the hugely-crowded Sealdah suburban railway terminus and an explosion of this intensity during daytime would have killed hundreds of people , he said . |
| 2 | Nowadays I am inclined to compromise where as once I would have felt confident of victory in a dogs ' confrontation . |
| 3 | He added that unlicensed premises would be a risk because Camra would have to order thousands of pounds worth of beer with no guarantee of being granted a licence . |
| 4 | Sometimes his decisions are made on grounds of convenience : after most newspapers in Britain committed contempt of court over the arrest of " Yorkshire Ripper " Peter Sutcliffe , the Attorney decided against prosecuting on the ground that he would have to put dozens of editors in the dock . |
| 5 | Stockman recognized that the sort of fundamental change he sought ‘ would have hurt millions of people in the short run ’ and involved the , ‘ ruthless dispensation of short run pain in the name of long term gain' , but these , he believed , were the hazards that true revolutionaries faced without flinching . |
| 6 | Some expenditure would have occurred irrespective of designation , but almost three-quarters of total spending occurred as a result of enterprise-zone declarations . |
| 7 | These would have claimed much of Miller 's attention , but his expertise would have been in great demand over the cultivation of rare fruits . |
| 8 | There were so many trunks and piled boxes in the attic , and she would have to make dozens of journeys up those narrow stairs . |
| 9 | Rain reminded him he would have put hundreds of people out of work . |