Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But she would rather have had a handful of honest reviews . |
2 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
3 | Whilst Alison states at the end of Chapter 11 that she would not like to have a period as it would signify that she had ‘ let up ’ control over her body , Freya feels quite differently , realising that getting her periods back would be a good sign of recovery . |
4 | It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them . |
5 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
6 | I would not wish to have a debate on only the ERM because many other matters need to be raised . |
7 | A woman of Daisy 's age would hardly expect to have a man invited for her , Sophia decided . |
8 | Then , likely as not , he would hardly have had a chance to open his mouth before the Collector would be off again . |
9 | Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following . |
10 | Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following . |
11 | Leapor 's house , for example , would probably have had a clay floor , and if its lighting was primarily from rushes , it would have been dingy . |
12 | These latter would also have had a role as pasture , particularly for pigs or for cattle and horses in more open areas of woodland . |
13 | We have already indicated that we would now like to have a session with teachers and principal teachers . |
14 | The door is not of standard size ( it is 82x40x1⅜in ) and I would now like to have a replacement made . |
15 | case of the diagnostic tests this model looks reasonably okay , we have n't got erm significant serial correlation , we have n't breached form , we have reasonably normally distributed residuals , right , test for hetero skilasticity that just a test to see whether the residuals are growing over time , right , hetero skilasticity is where we have non constant , non constant variance of our , of our error term right , and very often you , you find that the variance through the residuals , something like that the residuals will look like that , I think , they 're growing systematically over time , right , these are homo skilastic right , and these are hetero skilastic right , residuals and again we would n't want to have a model of hetero skilastic residuals , right , simply because that violates one of the assumptions on which the blue properties are based . |
16 | We were only going to be in 24 hours so we would n't bother having a meal we 'd have a slap up on the way out , ’ said Michael . |
17 | ‘ You would n't happen to have a light , would you ? ’ |
18 | I also think that there is n't a woman alive who would n't like to have a companion to be there with a cup of tea when she 's in bed with the flu and a high temperature , or holding her hand at the surgery when she 's awaiting the result of a test . |
19 | Did , even with the few times my parents have gone away , I 've never held parties , I may of had a couple of mates round just to let them kip over or something , come back I 've never , ever held a party , I would n't , I respect them , well I mean I would n't respect them make , every er penny they earned in the last fifteen years gone into that house , they 've had one holiday in that time and erm , gorgeous house , no its a lovely house , full of nice stuff as well , I , I , I would n't dare have a party |
20 | I would n't mind having a day in Norwich maybe this summer . |
21 | I would n't mind having a go now my Daily Star teams well F****d . |
22 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
23 | And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’ |
24 | You would n't have had a chance . ’ |
25 | But erm we had a sort of a spectrum you know it covered such a wide well area if you like of er of engineering that one would n't have had a chance to have a any contact with in in any other works , you 'd be doing as one certain sphere you know a certain type of work , and there you are you that 's your lot eh ? |
26 | It was a girl like Eve Malone , a little pikasheen who would n't have had a drink on her at all , that would end up in hospital . |
27 | On the other hand , you know all there is to be known about me : born Bigley Road , Grays , in Essex , twenty-six years old , wife Alice … who says if she had met you afore me I would n't have had a look-in — and she only saw you from a distance . ’ |
28 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
29 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
30 | Had Canada won against the Swedes , Australia would then have had a home tie against them with the chance to recoup some of their financial losses in Cyprus , coupled with the incentive of knowing that further success would probably earn them a home match with the United States in the semi-finals . |