Example sentences of "of [det] [modal v] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was understandable that the government of each should have tried to reappraise its policies and priorities , and been anxious to explore its range of options . |
| 2 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 3 | Any of that would have done . |
| 4 | As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster ! |
| 5 | That her husband should have battled with that terrible illness for so long , and then after all of that should have died . |
| 6 | Then none of this might have happened . |
| 7 | If you had n't accompanied me tonight then none of this might have happened . |
| 8 | ‘ If only I 'd had a stable childhood , maybe none of this would have happened … . ’ |
| 9 | Eventually , he would come to confess that if his father had inherited the Hall as he had rightfully expected to do , none of this would have happened . |
| 10 | If she had not lent Mum the money none of this would have happened . |
| 11 | ‘ None of this would have happened if you 'd listened to me . ’ |
| 12 | If I 'd turned and walked out of the Moebius Strip , none of this would have happened . |
| 13 | The judge , an ex-RAF flying officer brought out of retirement for the trial , told the men : ‘ I take into account that none of this would have happened if the girl had not gone to your barracks for sex . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you think any of this would have happened if Akhenaten had not been thwarted ? |
| 15 | For the first time she regretted being an identical twin ; none of this would have happened if she and Dana had been ordinary sisters , but then you might never have met Roman Wyatt , her subconscious whispered . |
| 16 | She should have read the horoscopes and acted on them , then none of this would have happened . |
| 17 | And if you were n't a woman , ’ he concluded grimly , ‘ none of this would have happened . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I could have arranged to be there when he called … none of this would have happened if I 'd been there to take care of her . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Huggins , a part-time fireman , feels that none of this would have happened if Newent 's own night time ambulance service had n't been cut . |
| 20 | None of this would have mattered , of course , to the crushed but undefeated people he was trying so hard to help . |
| 21 | About two-thirds of this will have come from nuclear power , the rest from research and medical uses . |
| 22 | None of this could have happened , however , had the attitude of Punjabis not changed . |
| 23 | Three-quarters of these would have brought Larkin in above Thompson FHE ( Un ) who was elected fifth , with Overend ( VUPP ) as runner-up instead of being elected sixth . |
| 24 | Some of these would have included the suggestion that sleeping prone might not be safe for babies . |
| 25 | A recalcitrant refrigerator , an aching back , an eye stinging with pain , a wailing cat , any of these would have sapped a lesser woman 's determination . |
| 26 | Most of these would have qualified even under the Webbs ' strict insistence that only " continuous associations " qualified as trade unions . |
| 27 | The survey upon which these findings were based did not provide sufficient details of personal characteristics for us to be able to take account of the influences certain of these might have exerted . |
| 28 | The majority of these will have obtained the required 5 " O " levels whilst at school . |
| 29 | All of these will have to wait until the possibly amended local plan is approved in total . |
| 30 | If there were anything to remove , he best of all must have had the chance to do it . |