Example sentences of "it would [verb] [vb pp] some " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation .
2 A statute passed to remedy what is perceived by Parliament to be a defect in the existing law may in actual operation turn out to have injurious consequences that Parliament did not anticipate at the time the statute was passed ; if it had , it would have made some provision in the Act in order to prevent them .
3 No one quite ascended to poster cliché heaven and declared that ‘ Michelle Pfeiffer is so sexy it 's a crime ’ , but if they had it would have emphasised some of the ironies that underly Michelle Pfeiffer 's striking star profile .
4 Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now .
5 Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well ,
6 That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted .
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