Example sentences of "she would have [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any other time she would have recognised the bitter note of personal experience in his voice , but all she wanted at that moment was to flee before her worst fears were realised . |
| 2 | Had Mary been told that her knowledge of the countryside was indeed ‘ knowledge ’ , she would have dismissed the tribute as , at best , a taunting flattery . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly not Chrissie Rogers let's face it , if she was going to leave she would have gone the day AFTER the ceremony . |
| 4 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 5 | If Carson had been predictably agreeable and obviously interested she would have accepted the lift and that , apart perhaps from the promise of a follow-up lunch some time , would have been the end of it . |
| 6 | She would have accepted the situation as it was . |
| 7 | Suppose that we want to know the circumstances which would justify assertion of the subjunctive conditional ‘ If Mrs Thatcher had waited longer , she would have lost the election ’ . |
| 8 | She did not think it necessary to consider whether the old rule barring recovery of money paid under mistake of law should be abolished , though had she thought it necessary to do so , she would have followed the approach of Dickson J. She considered , at p. 169 , that money paid under unconstitutional legislation was generally recoverable : |
| 9 | If the teacher had red-pencilled her way down this , she would have destroyed the boy 's at least partially successful attempt to convey the speed and panic of the experience . |
| 10 | If anyone had challenged Frederica directly as to whether she believed that , she would have argued the toss . |
| 11 | Give us the letter C. ’ Joy Prentice looked as if she would have liked the earth to open under her feet . |
| 12 | She would have liked the brune he offered her , but could n't cope with the tape-recorder , the paper with the questions written out in the Blot office , the unfamiliarity of speaking French after an interval , as well as Meursault 's cult reputation , all at the same time as smoking . |
| 13 | She realised that she would have to take the initiative , or she 'd be sitting there forever . |
| 14 | But soon , yes , she would have to take the telegram and walk to the shop and watch Enid fainting and Mother rustling out from behind the counter . |
| 15 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 16 | If she had known Michael , she would have noticed the glimmer of relief that came into his eyes . |
| 17 | But it was hypocritical sarcasm because she knew she would have done the same as him . |
| 18 | Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate . |
| 19 | I think that 's very important and I think it 's , there 's er actually , I have to say er I detect in 's letter because I am quite sure that a year ago she would have questioned the parish council 's existence , and indeed she 's being , erm , to my perception , highly critical of er the fact that the parish council has even dared to sort of taste the oxygen outside their own homes . |
| 20 | Being wilfully deaf and blind these last 25 years , she would have missed the debates and riots which culminated in the Race Relations Acts and in institutions such as the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 21 | He was doubtful and told her that she would have to ask the Queen 's private secretary for approval . |
| 22 | But soon she would have reached the stage where she would deliberately avoid going to places where birds were to be found at ground level — such as the local park . |
| 23 | In the meantime , since no amount of nagging would persuade Maxie to rake up the leaves or to allow her to employ a man to do it , she would have to do the job herself . |
| 24 | If Mrs Thatcher had been on the programme she would have blown the whole idea of fairness out of the water . |
| 25 | ‘ You cow , ’ cried Sam , without malice : only a few months ago she would have pressed the plum into her friend 's hair , but now she threw it on to the pavement where it lay easily among the cabbage stalks and traces of vomit . |
| 26 | On the other hand that would mean she would have to spend the rest of the night in her room with the door locked while he mounted guard outside , forgoing both the pleasure of quelling her hunger pangs and , much more important , a very real opportunity of fulfilling her original quest . |
| 27 | Caterina now faced the weeping Virgin determinedly and moved her lips as if praying ; she quailed when she realised that she would have to act the go-between again and seek him out alone once more . |
| 28 | She was not familiar with the type , but she recognized it when she saw it as she would have recognized the Eiffel Tower . |
| 29 | She said Diana could have a divorce but she would have to leave the country . |
| 30 | She knew she would have to leave the factory after that . |