Example sentences of "would have [verb] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd have hoped the England team would have been selected on quality and experience but it seems those qualities are not important any more |
| 2 | If she were more nervous we 'd have reached the Topper . |
| 3 | If you 're convinced that an acoustic amp is the way to go — and not everyone is convinced , by the way — then you 'd have to compare the Lakewood against the £799 Trace Acoustic TA-100R and perhaps the even more affordable , if more basic , Carlsbro Sherwood . |
| 4 | My view of the General Strike is that if we 'd have had a Lenin we 'd have had a revolution . |
| 5 | I know Everton are crap , ordinarily I 'd have predicted a Leeds win , but with the toffees loosing 3–0 at home on Saturday to QPR they will be doubly determined to get a result of some sort . |
| 6 | Even the most heavy-weight scientists , snobbish to the end about their colleagues , would have accepted a Nobel prize winner of Blackett 's stature . |
| 7 | He asked why it was said that if Denmark and Britain rejected the treaty they would have to leave the EC , when this had not been said of France or Germany . |
| 8 | He leapt forward and slashed at Yuan 's neck , a circular cut which would have beheaded the Manchu if it had connected . |
| 9 | It can scarcely be imagined that he would have opposed the Philadelphia Museum 's immensely well-conceived plan . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I was influenced by AM radio all the time I was growing up , which was all the great '50s rock'n'roll , and I suppose I would have to include The Beatles in that . |
| 11 | Any list of the great industrial achievements of our time would have to include the Wilkinson double-edged blade . |
| 12 | She was not familiar with the type , but she recognized it when she saw it as she would have recognized the Eiffel Tower . |
| 13 | Barfield feared it would have to close the ER scheme this week — ironically , just as Hertfordshire was inquiring about joining it . |
| 14 | It 's reckoned Swindon are too soft … not quick or hard enough for the premier league but few sides would have stopped the Anfield army at full charge … |
| 15 | The latest on Tuesday night would have ripped the West End apart . |
| 16 | JAWG , which put the incident over Lincolnshire into the rare A Category of airmisses — in which there was a real risk of collision — said the Tornado would have hit the Piper if the pilot had not rolled left . |
| 17 | They wanted to know how much help they would have to give the Sutton pupils . |
| 18 | A mere 84 votes spread over three marginal constituencies — Brighton Kemptown ( Lab majority seven ) , Ealing North ( 27 ) and Wellingborough ( 47 ) — in 1964 would have blocked the Wilson Government . |
| 19 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton disaster . |
| 20 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton accident . |
| 21 | In Mr Shaw 's view , his Bill , if it had been law , would have prevented the Maxwell fraud and the problems with BCCI , as well as saving billions of pounds lost to the Exchequer every year because of tax haven activity . |
| 22 | Reviewing the procedures he followed on leaving Skaro , the Doctor , at last , traces the fault — a tiny broken spring on a switch that , had it stayed in the ‘ down ’ position , would have sent the TARDIS back past the moment when the Earth 's solar system was formed — beyond the Sun 's point of creation . |
| 23 | If he did , he would have to abandon the Volvo , always parked a few hundred yards away , and escape on foot . |
| 24 | And since whatever happened he would have to take the London train , could he really expose her — a woman who had one child and so could surely have another — to the risk of her own fertility ? |
| 25 | Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue . |
| 26 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 27 | This would have given the BRDC a £1.4m profit on their orginal investment and allowed them to retain the right to five per cent of any future public flotation . |
| 28 | He would have followed the Maastricht debate with great interest . |
| 29 | The MMC rejected GEC 's claim that the merger would have created a company which would have sustained the UK 's position in world markets into the next century , and implied that GEC should rely more on organic growth ( ie internal growth ) than on growth by acquisitions . |
| 30 | Had this view been upheld , it would have destroyed the Bridlington principles . |