Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd have told him all about the breastfeeding and bonding if the Morrisons had n't chosen that moment to arrive on the doorstep with Christopher and Katy who 'd been to Bertelli 's for their weekly dose of colourings , preservatives and sugar . |
| 3 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 4 | One might suppose that this statesmanship would have gained him international acclaim . |
| 5 | But if she 'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks . |
| 6 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 7 | Maybe her love would have kept him alive . |
| 8 | I should have thought it would have kept him busy until nine or later . |
| 9 | Only cynics would have called him stick-in-the-mud or sneered at him being ‘ worthy ’ . |
| 10 | If unemployed , the scale would have given him 5s ( 25p ) a week . |
| 11 | Well if he had X to the seventh that would have given him seven X to the sixth |
| 12 | Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold . |
| 13 | The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle . |
| 14 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
| 15 | ‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill . |
| 16 | You would have eaten him alive . ’ |
| 17 | In his memoirs he admitted that he had secretly aspired to it for decades , but had not pressed the issue for tactical reasons ( because it would have made him vulnerable to the charge of Bonapartism and perhaps also , as Debré argued in his memoirs , because popular election of the president in the circumstances of 1958 would have placed a majority of votes in the hands of the peoples of the French Community ) . |
| 18 | It would have made him unable to race . ’ |
| 19 | If nothing else , the appearance of the terrace , arranged like a huge bed , would have told him that . |
| 20 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |
| 21 | One which would have left him rich and me in possession of Sleet . |
| 22 | Doyle , he suspected , would have respected him more if he had occasionally been less accommodating . |
| 23 | It would have taken him all day even if they 'd had enough tarmac in the back of the pickup ! |
| 24 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |
| 25 | In normal circumstances , Melissa would have found him stimulating company but that evening she found her thoughts constantly wandering . |
| 26 | A woman , someone like Irene , I know , would have found him horrible to be near . |