Example sentences of "[pron] would have [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Here was this girl who seemed to think I was capable of clearing up her troubles , but did n't think I 'd have enough brains to find out her identity .
2 ‘ If they were mine , ’ I say , ‘ I 'd have those dogs put down . ’
3 Then , last year , my husband took it up and I thought I 'd have another go ..
4 So then , I 'd have another piece and he 'd trot off and he 'd run again by the shed !
5 Otherwise I 'd have some money now , would n't I ?
6 If I was the chief rozzer on this case , I 'd have some questions to put to Theo , I can tell you ! ’
7 oh , I just thought I 'd have some thing different
8 It sounds corny , but it 's wonderful to have them — I never thought I 'd have any children .
9 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 .
10 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
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 The main worry was whether I would have many players left for the play-offs through injury and suspension . ’
14 ‘ 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 .
15 What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ?
16 Of course , I would have few grounds for complaint had the words attributed to me been my own .
17 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 .
18 I knew that I would return to this island again when I would have more time to search .
19 ‘ If I thought I would have any chance of success , I probably would , ’ she said sarcastically .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 I would have some idiot life in another country because some medieval cleric in Iran decided I had to be killed . ’
23 On the one hand some teachers saw the process as a hindrance — as something they had to do for the LEA and which would have little consequence for themselves .
24 In addition , it discharges a host of minor , even trivial , functions , the cessation of which would have little impact on public life .
25 They made a demand of our waste , without offering any allowance for the same ; and by degrees did we tamely submit , we should be brought under a yoke , which would have some affinity to that of the Egyptian Bondage .
26 The sceptical arguments which would have this effect all require a move which the anti-realist would disallow , and hence never reach the annihilating conclusion .
27 It was something that had to be done at the same time as teaching , and was seen more , I suppose , as a chore rather than as something which would have any sort of positive spin-off for us .
28 The cynic in me says it is because the larger firms do not do small audits and because abolition would cause problems for the ACCA , which would have more difficulty maintaining an audit regulatory presence as fewer of their members would be auditing .
29 ‘ You 'd think she 'd have more sense at her age .
30 ‘ If she were she 'd have more sense and be able to tell the difference between a stuffed dummy and a real man . ’
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