Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] would have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man Bob Paisley said would have ‘ tossed up for kick-off with a Gold Card ’ can lay unopposed claim to being the biggest wheeler-dealer manager in British football history . |
| 2 | Test captain turned sportscaster Jerry Coney smiled that Woodward acknowledged only one mistake , a caught-behind appeal turned down in Napier in 1979 against Pakistan , which Coney said would have lifted his career tally of Test wickets from 27 to 28 . |
| 3 | Whatever reply Jesus gave would have placed him in danger . |
| 4 | Elegant kid gloves like the ones Mrs Carson wore would have improved her image , but she possessed none . |
| 5 | Another bugle signalled breakfast , and the men took their place in a queue that Charlie reckoned would have gladdened the heart of any barrow boy in the Whitechapel Road . |
| 6 | ‘ My name is Captain Trentham , ’ the man informed the expectant band of untrained warriors , in an accent that Charlie suspected would have sounded more in place in Mayfair than at a railway station in Scotland . |