Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't smell petrol , and I 'm pretty certain she 'd have blown already if she was going to , but I 'm not prepared to take the chance . |
| 2 | But I 'd have gone nowhere if I 'd kept playing . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd have gone today if I 'd know you were coming home . |
| 4 | It was a back-handed compliment , and one she 'd have rejected angrily before she 'd joined C 's Circus . |
| 5 | Well yeah , I would 've thought so because le |
| 6 | The first issue before us , as it was before Thorpe J. , was whether Parliament had , by section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 , conferred on a minor over the age of 16 years an absolute right to refuse medical treatment , in which case the limitation of the court 's inherent jurisdiction exemplified by A. v. Liverpool City Council [ 1982 ] A.C. 363 would have operated so as to preclude any intervention by the court . |
| 7 | If the lightning had struck a foot nearer Buxton Road it would have gone right though the roof and considerable damage would have been done . |
| 8 | ‘ He would have gone more than five thou . ’ |
| 9 | Notable performances here came from 10 year old Ben Bransby , who finished seventh in the men 's event , Emma Williams , who dominated the women 's event , and eight year old Adam Dewhurst , who would have placed higher than his tenth if he had been able to reach all the holds ! |
| 10 | I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel . |
| 11 | ‘ I say his head would have ached fiercely after it , ’ said Hugh at once , ‘ but nothing worse . |
| 12 | He would have stripped completely while she watched . |
| 13 | There was nothing Claudia would have liked more than for Dana to put distance between herself and Roman , but for Berenice 's sake she must n't be allowed to divert Garry 's attention away from his wife . |
| 14 | She would have stopped there if the adrenalin in her system had been less potent or the half-smile on his face had n't taunted her to further repartee . |
| 15 | Still , it is good to know that British boxers can now command as much money for fighting in London as they once would have received only when topping the bill in the United States . |
| 16 | If the ships had been made of a material like glass they would have broken long before a crack became conspicuous . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a question of pragmatism , because we found to obtain rights to certain tracks would have cost more than the budget for the entire picture . |
| 18 | Even so , at the official fares my trip would have cost more than $4,500 . |
| 19 | A handsomely produced but unillustrated book like Davy 's Six Discourses ( 1827 ) would have cost more than a week 's wages for an artisan like Faraday had been . |
| 20 | Indeed , Hartland and Wright almost carried New Zealand to stumps without loss in their second innings , and probably would have done so but for a debatable bat-pad decision against the former . |
| 21 | It is extremely unlikely that it would have done so because everyone at the ports authority had always envisaged a 24-hour operation . |
| 22 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 23 | A variation order or some other delay caused by the client occurs at a time which does not cause additional delay or cost but which would have done so if the contractor had not already been behind schedule . |
| 24 | He found that in half the cases it would have done better than the buy-out . |
| 25 | I would have done better if I 'd have had more time . |
| 26 | People would have lived happily if it was n't for the troubles instigated by the government and the Jewish Agency . ’ |
| 27 | The prosecution claims that if the defendants had succeeded in their plot , they would have netted more than a hundred and thirty eight thousand pounds . |
| 28 | Less than 100 years later , zealots of the Reformation would have wrecked the abbey and plundered the Royal tombs and fire would have destroyed more than 200 of the 247 houses in the town . |
| 29 | This would have meant little if the charge to the receiver reflected the true cost of delivery , so the flat rate licence fee was an important element in ‘ universality ’ . |
| 30 | Perhaps she would have come sooner if she had . |