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9 Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following .
10 Gloucester 's possession of the northern Neville lands meant that if Edward had withdrawn his favour the duke 's power would have been much reduced , but he would still have had a following .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 .
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