Example sentences of "would [adv] have [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As a councillor himself , the author would surely have drawn attention to such a reversal . |
| 7 | As a councillor himself , the author would surely have drawn attention to such a reversal . |