Example sentences of "would have [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have had us over the edge in a minute ! ’ |
| 2 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 3 | A villainous raid upon the Stockade where the men do lie and even upon ourselves where we dwell at Belmont would have robbed us of all we have assured thus far by the Grace of God . |
| 4 | it 's a little disappointing because we had been lying insecond place and that would have stood us in good stead for the rest of the competition |
| 5 | No doubt the grand-old Victorian would have reprimanded us for our thriftlessness , extravagance and improvidence . |
| 6 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 7 | Werner came to our rescue with the loan of a hundred dollars , which would have to see us through the three or four months it might take us to reach Aru . |
| 8 | In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all ! |
| 9 | English and French smugglers would have provided us with enough of pilots and we had indeed already a few … |
| 10 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 11 | Having a baby would have taken us off the front pages , making us safe and dull again . |
| 12 | The path forked when it reached an old log cabin ; left would have taken us to the top of Mount Eddy , right took us on the Pacific Crest Trail stretching from Canada down to Mexico . |