Example sentences of "would have [verb] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The project would have involved the clear-felling of 800,000 hectares of tropical forest and its replacement by eucalyptus plantations . |
| 2 | Soon she would have to use the last of the rushes . |
| 3 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 4 | If Lithuania had scored , as they should have done several times in the second half , maybe that would have shaken the Irish from their slumber . |
| 5 | ‘ You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied . |
| 6 | You would have done the same for me . ’ |
| 7 | Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions . |
| 8 | He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter . |
| 9 | The second problem that would have troubled the faithful at the death of the last apostle was this . |
| 10 | These might have been held to be missing links in a chain of which the links were very small in some places , and large ( so far ) in others ; but this idea conflicted with the notion that God would have created the best of all possible worlds , which should therefore not change over time since all change must be for the worse . |
| 11 | They lined up like some firing-squad as Messrs Shepherd and Palmer did their best to explain the situation , but only television slo-mo replays would have convinced the sternest of the doubters . |
| 12 | She would have thought the better of him for it as well , Lugh knew he could be sure of that . |
| 13 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 14 | He could have kept Maggie to warm his bed and no one would have thought the worse of him for it . |
| 15 | ‘ I think the ordeal of the big occasion would have affected me and my nerves would have got the better of me . |