Example sentences of "would [adv] have [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England would rather have had Thorfinn in Scotia , I can tell you , than Siward or Norway . ’ |
| 2 | Some of his staff had urged that he abandon the Duchess 's ball , but such an act , he knew , would only have offered encouragement to the Emperor 's many supporters in Brussels and could even have prompted the wholesale desertion of Belgian troops . |
| 3 | The girl , whoever she was , despite the aristocratic looks and fine body which had at first misled them , would only have found houseroom within the palace compound as an under-servant . |
| 4 | the income arising to the trust has a foreign source and therefore had it been received by the beneficiary he would not have borne tax on it ; and 2. the benefit — the payment out by the trustees to the individual — is not received in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | In other words , while the court would not have imposed liability in respect of the decision itself ( except if it had been perverse ) failure to go through the preliminary steps of obtaining essential information could have grounded liability . |
| 6 | Had Lord Mountbatten lived , there is a good chance that Diana Spencer would not have become Princess of Wales . |
| 7 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 8 | Had she lived , I felt sure he would not have had time for me . |
| 9 | who would not have shown weight on a scale |
| 10 | Had we followed the advice of our so-called revolutionary counsellors , this substantial move toward a political revolution would not have taken place to anything like the extent shown by the figures . |
| 11 | To Angela I convey my grateful thanks for undertaking the needlework responsibility in 1986 ; without whom this exhibition would not have taken place in such a lavish way . |
| 12 | However , it is inappropriate that business from a non-UK office should be regulated if it would not have required authorisation on a stand-alone basis . |
| 13 | For a few precious hours she had savoured the sensation , and had determinedly closed her mind to the thought that only the most hard-hearted man would not have offered comfort in her present condition . |
| 14 | Already there were six in one bed , three at the top and three at the bottom , and they would soon have to make room for Matt , the boy born before she took in Corrie . |
| 15 | Living in such a house would nonetheless have exposed Leapor to a more leisured way of life than she had known before , though as a servant her enjoyments would have been circumscribed . |
| 16 | Twenty-four hours later it would still have required access to a crystal ball to predict the result after some of the most enthralling encounters seen on a golf course since man first put club to ball . |
| 17 | He would probably have got shop by the local farmers if he 'd been caught but er he used to go on these local fields and er and er sn snare rabbits you see , or get a rabbit . |
| 18 | Proposals for a Defense Industrial Base Revitalisation Act , which would also have provided cash for retooling over a wide range of American industry , had widespread support from Democrats and Republicans . |
| 19 | Before that was done , Nichola Jane Davies , a barrister employed as a senior Crown prosecutor by the Merseyside area of the Crown Prosecution Service , who was representing the prosecution before that court , had explained to the court that the justices would now have to hear evidence before considering whether Mr. Bell should be remanded in custody or on bail . |
| 20 | This saved Hoc from the beating that would inevitably have followed discovery of his shortcomings when the scowling overseers dipped their yardsticks into the cans at the collecting station . |
| 21 | It was made clear to me that I would n't have to take part in any act detrimental to my country 's cause . ’ |
| 22 | But then , thinking about Mrs Cody at Zaria 's rest home , I still would n't have put money on me . |
| 23 | and I 'm saying you 're alright , she 'd have left buggy at your house anyway cos you were walking , you would n't have had buggy with you then so you 'd got ta come back this way had n't you ? |
| 24 | He would simply have to perform homage in person . |
| 25 | As a councillor himself , the author would surely have drawn attention to such a reversal . |
| 26 | As a councillor himself , the author would surely have drawn attention to such a reversal . |
| 27 | If there is any truth in this , and it seems quite convincing , somebody would surely have to make way for him . |
| 28 | The consequences of a low initial limit was that a solicitor would either have to stop work at an early stage and wait for an extension to be authorised , which ‘ is time-consuming , causes delay and raises difficulties with clients , ’ or work on without an extension . |
| 29 | Accordingly , it is evident that a gift of such significance could have been of no small value to a freeholder or councillor who would otherwise have found difficulty in endowing a relative so generously at the commencement of his career . |
| 30 | Maureen , always self-effacing , would never have demanded time with him but Joe took matters into his own hands . |