Example sentences of "would have [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'd 've let me know , ’ he said , picking up another splinter of pheasant . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd have made him wait ! ’ |
| 4 | Erm I s do n't think I can give you a precise answer to that question er off the cuff Mr Colgan , I think we 'd have to let you have a note on those figures |
| 5 | They 'd have seen him walk toward the escalators as the car drew away , moving as if on some rudimentary automatic pilot . |
| 6 | Or she 'd have let me know . |
| 7 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 8 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 9 | If I had n't heard that whisper , I 'd have let him do what he wanted — anything he wanted — right here and now . |
| 10 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 11 | Do you think we 'd have let it happen if we 'd known ? |
| 12 | " That would 've made him sit up and take notice , Joey , would n't it ? " |
| 13 | He would have to let her recover from the shock before contacting her . |
| 14 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 15 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
| 16 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
| 17 | But once again John would have heard I hope something different on the phone . |
| 18 | If the situation had n't been so horrendous , his question would have made her laugh . |
| 19 | If I had known there was a charge for each , I would have made her wait . |
| 20 | In any other circumstances the young man 's burr would have made me laugh . |
| 21 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 22 | President Bush defended his administration 's cautious response , saying he had seen no facts since Tuesday which ‘ would have made me make a different decision ’ . |
| 23 | I but it would have made me jump . |
| 24 | he would have made me pray ( my thought is broad ) |
| 25 | Nothing would have made him do a Damon and slink back . |
| 26 | Nothing on earth would have made him tell her so . |
| 27 | Of course it would have made him feel anything but that . |
| 28 | That would have made him stop , look at her , see . |
| 29 | Would have made him think he was with the poor bloody paras in a tent in Afghanistan … |
| 30 | If he too had wanted the bomb to go off , his belief would n't have made him shoot , it would have made him dive for cover . |