Example sentences of "that would have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hearing about Clydebank on the radio , ’ replied Fireman Bill , blowing out a cloud of smoke that would have done credit to the Queen Mary . |
| 2 | He said in a grave tone that would have done credit to the S.M.O. , ‘ So she is still having to stay in her bedroom ? |
| 3 | The Sunday Citizen explained his enthusiasm for the Profumo affair because of a long-cherished personal grudge against Profumo and of having unearthed a juicy scandal by snooping that would have done credit to a divorce detective . |
| 4 | Janice said suddenly , throwing herself at me and enveloping my upper torso in a hug that would have done credit to a grizzly . |
| 5 | And he added , in a voice that would have done credit to an elder of the Wee Frees , ‘ If he is yer brother , then ye 've been committin' incest . |
| 6 | Lindsey found herself gazing at a fully equipped unit that would have done credit to any major hospital . |
| 7 | Taczek told me he could think of nothing from those times that would have made Mills any sort of target for a KGB assassin — or any other sort of assassin come to that . ’ |
| 8 | There are few public meetings now and fewer serious discussions in pamphlets , or even books , of a kind that would have made sense to a novelist like Disraeli , or a scholar like Gladstone , to both of whom the idea of a ‘ speech writer ’ or of an advertising agency to identify the issues would have been absurd . |
| 9 | It ends a deal that would have made BA the world 's biggest airline , flying 80 million passengers to 340 cities in 71 countries . |
| 10 | HOUSTON — It was a sleuthing job that would have made Agatha Christie proud . |
| 11 | And in a place that would have made Prendergast 's — arrangement — seem almost pure . ’ |
| 12 | And the comic trippers did get to see the back of rebel Lord Tebbit , a sight that would have made Mr Major grin with relief amid the squabbles . |
| 13 | If it was a day of moody magnificence that would have inspired Thomas — coal-black skies , lashing rain , swirling winds — some would say it was n't one suited to the Wallaby winger 's high-summer skills . |
| 14 | It is not a description that would have satisfied Mr C. G. Heathcote , for example , the Stipendiary Magistrate for Brighton , when asked for his opinions on the question of juvenile crime in 1898 : Mr Heathcote 's remarks are preserved in a report on Juvenile Offenders compiled by the Howard Association which had scouted the opinions of the magistracy and police . |
| 15 | Dr Justus Van Lare , an army colonel , and junior medical colleague Captain William Dennes refused to carry out X-rays or prescribe penicillin that would have saved Shaunagh 's life . |
| 16 | ‘ Thank you , Binky , ’ Lisabeth said in a voice that would have sliced vegetables . |
| 17 | When the child reached the bottom of the first page the woman darted forward , black hair swinging across her face , for the kind of effortful page turn that would have upstaged Paderewski himself . |
| 18 | The rule abandons an earlier plan that would have allowed safety boards or state officials to help researchers make such decisions on their own . |
| 19 | That man was John Furie Zacharias , known universally as Gentle , and he had a reputation as a lover that would have driven Estabrook from the field had that strange certainty not been upon him . |
| 20 | Had he missed the cut , Woosnam would not even have had that to watch on Saturday , since the network went off the air with about an hour 's play left in a move that would have angered Great Britain . |
| 21 | ‘ The subpoenas that would have shed light have been blocked . |
| 22 | Incidents such as that in ( 37 ) brought about a false start to the era of human religion , because the apparent success of an event attributed to the ‘ god ’ was a happening that would have taken place anyway , for example , a natural occurrence such as rainfall . |
| 23 | This year Benskins came back with a demand for a £5,000 a year increase that would have taken John 's annual rent to £23,000 plus £100 a week for the business rate . |
| 24 | By June 1879 Benjamin the Silversmith was terminally ill with cancer of the abdomen ; in the earlier part of the century that would have meant admission to the workhouse or protracted and difficult nursing at home . |
| 25 | In a strange way , if you forgot what it really was , perhaps never knew , here was a kind of trusting innocence that would have found favour with the non-scientific crew of Titron . |
| 26 | It alleged the industry had paid off several Socialist MPs to block legislation in parliament that would have laid pachinko parlours more open to the scrutiny of the tax authorities . |
| 27 | So there were pressures that would have encouraged Halley to wear an orthodox face in public . |
| 28 | The dragon roared in defiance , but pulled out of the dive that would have removed Rincewind 's head , and flapped ponderously back to the tree . |
| 29 | The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park . |
| 30 | Garry Parker felt most wretched of all after a glaring miss in the 68th minute that would have put Ron Atkinson 's men ahead . |