Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there had been room in the hallway , he would have swung Wee Charlie round in a circle . |
| 2 | In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named . |
| 3 | The blunder he survived at the 15th fence would have sent 99 men out of 100 into orbit . |
| 4 | ‘ We did not want to call off the current tour because it would have created immense resentment back home among the players . |
| 5 | This would have brought more people out into the corridors and foyers . |
| 6 | To be honest it was a game we would have won 99 times out of a 100 , but this was one of those occasions when we were destined not to do it . |
| 7 | He spoke scornfully of us raw recruits and pointed out that we would have to get some service in before we were fit to associate with the real members of the Royal Air Force . |
| 8 | The other key characteristic of the even-toed ungulates that would have helped this process along is the structure of the feet . |
| 9 | The King 's desire to join the Queen is a mystery , for , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ he would have had little joy out of her . ’ |
| 10 | The Victorian family would have had young children around until the parents were in their late middle age . |
| 11 | Who would have thought fifteen years on , we would have progressed to tractor-mounted brush and flame-weeders ? |
| 12 | Francis : the judge considered why Findlay had signed the interview notes and concluded that the toothache was exaggerated and that though tired he was not the sort of man who would have signed incriminating notes out of consideration for his solicitor . |
| 13 | You would think that when she was n't coming she would have got some word round . ’ |