Example sentences of "[pron] would have [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I did not , to be honest , think I would have much success — it 's not the sort of thing that I would have known all those years ago — but the idea of ringing up a few of my former colleagues was just irresistible . |
2 | These days , of course , now that I am a grown woman , I would have little problem with saying I was feeling ill and suggesting we take a break for a few minutes . |
3 | And this is of course , as if I agree with the view that you expressed yesterday in a general context , although it was made specifically then in relation to one village , any recommendation I make in relation to that village , if it is based on the general principle , must apply by analogy also to Skelton , and I would have little choice but to recommend to the councils that they may wish or indeed they should , reconsider this question of washing-over or insetting elsewhere . |
4 | oh the timetable which I as well will , will erm , would be about two months , the first step has to be taken by the defendant because we do n't know yet whether they are prepared to oppose the structure , and if so , what sort of structure they would be prepared to oppose , erm , if and when , er a formal offer of structure came through , I would have little doubt that we could instruct accountants and get a response within a matter of weeks , sometimes one has to if they 're doing an commercial structure within a week or so because the offer is only open for ten days |
5 | Mala 's voice from my pendant , sounding less anxious that I would have like . |
6 | I would have like to see some attempt to error-trap the data input routine , but help with record location is good and editing is easy , so reliance on the good sense of the computer operator should be a feasible proposition . |
7 | I had hoped that on my twenty-first birthday I would discover more about my future , but Mr Jaggers explained that he could not give me any more information , except that from now on I would have five hundred pounds a year to spend as I liked . |
8 | On the other hand , it was on this condition that I joined your company : you agreed that should your business ever go public , I would have fifteen per cent of the equity for the nominal sum of fifteen thousand pounds . |
9 | I would have two great surfers with me . |
10 | The main worry was whether I would have many players left for the play-offs through injury and suspension . ’ |
11 | I believe that the out-half position will prove troublesome for the Lions in New Zealand as I would have serious reservations about Stuart Barnes being the right player under the type of physical pressure he is likely to be subjected to in the important matches . |
12 | But I believe she always felt that I had leadership potential and that one day I would have great responsibility . " |
13 | I would have four pairs of dwarfs , or three pairs of dwarfs and one of the larger species . |
14 | I would have all such adjectives left with their coats in the foyer , only to be redeemed when their notices are written . ’ |
15 | Soon I would have one of my own . |
16 | ‘ I would have less of a headache if you concentrated . |
17 | Perhaps if I lived in Bath I would have momentary doubts , but anywhere else in the country , I would rather die than not vote Labour . |
18 | ‘ I would have immense concerns if consideration were given to further assessing the relationship between L. and her mother and thus protract L. 's sense of impermanence . |
19 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
20 | ‘ That I would have enough money to get started in anything I really wanted to do ; that he thought I had enough guts to be a success if I put my mind to it . |
21 | Of course , I would have few grounds for complaint had the words attributed to me been my own . |
22 | If the distance between bait and bullet was , say , 12 inches , then I would have 12 inches of line that would be out of my control . |
23 | Well I knew I would have three people in the studio with sandwich boards on . |
24 | I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search . |
25 | Much as I was itching to play with the Bob Marley , I knew I would have more chance of parking Armstrong illegally when I collected Werewolf . |
26 | ‘ If I thought I would have any chance of success , I probably would , ’ she said sarcastically . |
27 | It was so special , and I would have special party shoes which were gold or silver . |
28 | Last week I went to a fortune teller and she told me I would have another child even though I do n't want to . |
29 | I would have this country , con congress , to support this motion for the health and welfare of women members of the G B M B trade union , I move . |
30 | I would have some idiot life in another country because some medieval cleric in Iran decided I had to be killed . ’ |