Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd have had four times more FAKINTIL deserters if they 'd shown as little as a quarter extra clemency . |
| 2 | I would have done better if I 'd have had more time . |
| 3 | Singer John Matthews says : ‘ If we 'd have spent more time on the record we probably would have ruined it . ’ |
| 4 | He would have to stop some time , and then she would be able to escape . |
| 5 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 6 | ‘ He would have felt three times as virtuous , ’ I said , and the barman looked at me blankly . |
| 7 | Quantum theory implies that it would have to move 207 times closer to the central proton to maintain the stability of the atom . |
| 8 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 9 | I switched off the tape , realizing that I would have to listen another time to find out what the preacher was really saying . |
| 10 | If the ferry boat was there it would be quicker , if not she would have lost precious time by not taking the direct path to the bridge . |
| 11 | It 's welcome , although we would have prefered full time jobs , but it 's a step in the right direction . |
| 12 | I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing . |
| 13 | I was , as you might imagine , a little taken aback by this request and ordinarily the matter might have been one I would have spent some time pondering . |
| 14 | Perhaps you and I would have spent more time together . |
| 15 | By the time the United Kingdom referendum had been held at the beginning of June 1975 , electors in Northern Ireland would have voted seven times in two and a quarter years . |
| 16 | The DHAC announced that the exercise would be repeated the following weekend ; although the police warned that they would have to intervene this time , the demonstration went ahead and was extended to forty-eight hours . |
| 17 | To be honest it was a game we would have won 99 times out of a 100 , but this was one of those occasions when we were destined not to do it . |
| 18 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |
| 19 | Erm I suppose got here a bit later you would have had more time to sort this lot out . |
| 20 | Either arbitration or litigation would have taken more time and cost more money than a successful reference to an expert . |
| 21 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |
| 22 | The preparation of the foundations and the timbers alone would have required considerable time and although C12 is the largest building excavated at the site , the effort required to build many of the others would not have been much less . |